Biology Microscope

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE SCHOOL INCURSIONS

Workshops Full Of Life

  • Biology incursions aligned to the Victorian curriculum 2.0

  • Delivered by science teaching specialists with qualifications in STEM and/or education

  • Workshops available in a 60 or 90 minute format

  • FUN and interactive to engage and excite

  • Small group sizes of up to 30 students per workshop to maximise hands-on learning

Explore the plethora of life on our planet, including animals, plants and microorganisms. The evolution of living things over hundreds of millions of years has led to rich diversity and truly fascinating creatures. Using biology tools like stereo and compound microscopes students will get up-close and personal with some awesome life forms.

Sensory Feast
Foundation – Level 2

Feel, smell, hear, see and taste! Supercharge your five senses in this SURPRISING and COLOURFUL workshop.  Learn about the parts of the human body that allow you to sense and how they work. In practical ways discover how your senses allow you to respond to your environment and navigate the world around you. There is something to challenge and delight every sense.

Plants and animals have external features that perform different functions to enable their survival; in plants these features include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, bulbs, trunks and branches while different features in animals enable them to move, breathe, eat and respond to their environment VC2S2U03

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to  Level 2

Clever Plants
Foundation – Level 6

Plants are the only life forms that can produce their own food using energy from sunlight. In this FUN hands-on incursion explore the lifecycle of plants, from seed dispersal and germination to pollination and growth. Learn how plants adapt and survive in different environments. Plant your own seeds and determine how environmental conditions affect growth.

Plants and animals have external features that perform different functions to enable their survival; in plants these features include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, bulbs, trunks and branches while different features in animals enable them to move, breathe, eat and respond to their environment VC2S2U03

Plants and animals have basic needs, including air, water, food and shelter; the places where they live meet those needs VC2S2U02

Plants and animals have different life cycles; offspring are similar, but not identical, to their parents VC2S4U02

Consumers, producers and decomposers have different roles and interactions within a habitat; food chains can be used to represent feeding relationships VC2S4U03

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 6

Creatures Alive
Foundation – Level 6

Learn what distinguishes living things from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils. Explore life cycles and how biological systems are interdependent, interacting with each other and their environments. Use lenses and microscopes to get a closer look at external features and how they relate to function. Get hands-on with some wiggly worms.

Plants and animals have observable features that can be used to group them in different ways VC2S2U01

Plants and animals have external features that perform different functions to enable their survival; in plants these features include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, bulbs, trunks and branches while different features in animals enable them to move, breathe, eat and respond to their environment VC2S2U03

Plants and animals have basic needs, including air, water, food and shelter; the places where they live meet those needs VC2S2U02

Living things have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils VC2S4U01

Plants and animals have different life cycles; offspring are similar, but not identical, to their parents VC2S4U02

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 6

Ancient Fossils
Level 3 – 6

Living things have evolved over time so they are better prepared to survive and thrive in their environments. Investigate real fossils and explore the fascinating story of life. Learn how climate and human activity had a major impact on the survival of certain species. Cast your own fossil and investigate dinosaur teeth and claws, you may be surprised at what they uncover. 

Organisms have evolved over time, as seen in fossils and scientific records; the structural features and behaviours of living organisms enable them to thrive in their environments VC2S6U02

Habitats can be described by their physical conditions; changing the physical conditions of a habitat, including by human activity, may affect the growth and survival of organisms VC2S6U01

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills  Level 3 to 6