Science with Mrs Phillips
Isn’t it great to be ALIVE?
Before you answer this question, gather your family and complete the following ‘Let’s see if you are ALIVE?’ test:
- Let’s MOVE: I need 10 bear crawls, 10 kangaroo hops, 10 fluttering butterfly wings, 10 star jumps, 10 crab walks, 10 monkey swings, 10 snake slithers, 10 hippo stomps, 10 donkey kicks, 10 cat pounces.
- Take on NUTRIENTS: Phew…go and grab a drink if you need one!
- GROW: sort your family members into height order…why are you all different heights?
- Excrete WASTE: all living things need to go to the toilet, so off you go (if you need too)!
- Respond to STIMULI: what is the weather like today…do your clothes match how the weather makes you feel? Are they the same clothes that you would wear if it was 35 degrees…why?
- BREATHE: do 20 fast star jumps, now jump and grab 20 stars from the sky and now lie flat on the floor. What is your breathing like (fast/slow)…why? What are you breathing in? What are you breathing out?
- REPRODUCE: all living things reproduce…how many siblings or cousins do you have? Do you have any pets that have had babies? Do you have an plants that have seeded and grown again?
CONGRATULATIONS…you are a ALIVE!
Guess what…all living organisms will be able to do all of the 7 things listed above. You completed the ‘Let’s see if you’re ALIVE test’…go outside and explore some other living organisms (plants and animals) and see if they pass the test!
Term Two will see Joondalup Primary School students step into the role of being a Biologist. As a Biologist, students will be engaged in scientific activities that will study living organisms (both plant and animals), including their structure, function, growth, and origin.
Be sure to take your Biologist on field trips after school and on the weekends to explore the living organisms that can be found in our own back yard. A trip to the beach is magical at this time of year with the amount of ‘living’ sea creatures that get washed up onto the shore. Here are a few pictures from my own biological field trip at the beach…
Nerelle Phillips
Science Teacher