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Teaching with Apps: Australian Curriculum (Science) Teaching with Apps: Australian Curriculum (Science): Year 7 Biological Sciences: There are differences within and between groups of organisms; classification helps organise this diversity Elaborations Considering the reasons for classifying such as identification and communication Grouping a variety of organisms on the basis of similarities and differences in particular features Considering how biological classifications have changed over time Classifying using hierarchical systems such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species Using scientific conventions for naming species Using provided keys to identify organisms surveyed in a local habitat Teaching with Apps: Linking GrowsAtGriffith to the ACS elaborations With over 300 species of plants and 900 high quality images, GrowsAtGriffith allows students to clearly view the structural features and adaptations of plants, particularly Australian plants. These year 7 curriculum elaborations align perfectly with the aims of GrowsAtGriffith. Using the extensive high resolution photos and the written information, students can directly explore similarities and difference within and between groups of plants. The scientific classifications of all plants are given so the students can compare the words used to classify each plant and compare and contrast these terms. Students can compare and contrast the physical appearances of plants and observe patterns. Specifically, students can investigate the scientific names of plants and use the pictures to identify patterns within and between plants of the same categories. Students can explore the shape, size and colour of Australian native leaves, flowers, fruits and nuts or read and explore the written descriptions of the ecosystems to which the plant belongs. Students can look at pictures from similarly classified plants and/or compare and contrast the visual features of specific plants (leaf and flower shape or colour, plant height or size) and read the descriptions to identify patterns within and between the various scientific named plants. This provides a practical example for student to understand how classification schemes help to organise and categorise native and non-native plants. Teaching with Apps: Navigating the GrowsAtGriffith App - Open the app to the Welcome Page and in the top left corner type the name of a group of plants, for example ‘Wattle’ into the search box (a). A list of species of wattles will automatically appear below the search box (b). Open one species of wattle by clicking on the name, for example Prickly Moses Wattle. A profile about the plant will appear to the right, explore the description and the photographs (c). Pay particular attention to the scientific name of the plant. Continue to use the search box to identify all of the plants identified as wattles. b a c Teaching with Apps: Notes for Teachers GrowsAtGriffith provides a strong starting point for students to investigate the scientific classifications of plants, compare visual characteristics of plants within the same category and investigate the ecosystems in which plants of the same categories belong.