Watching it grow!

Primary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

1. You are to obtain any grain or oilseeds like:

• wheat

• soybean

• barley

• sunflower

• canola

2. Put your seeds in a pot and record each week the changes in your plants. You are to measure the plants once they have pushed up through the soil.

3. Each week, at the same time, take a photo of your plant. Make sure that you can download this image each week as you are going to "stitch" these photos together to create a movie/video.

4. Scientists often watch closely what happens to their "specimens"! You are to watch the following video (time: less than 2 minutes):

Record the main points of this video! Compare your observations with a partner. Did you come up with the same observations?

5. Using WeVide (free for 90 days), edit all your images of your plant into one video.

Sleeping Giant: Linseed's Health Properties could lead to a farming boom - possible?

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

1. Look at the following video from Landline 15 July 2017 and note down the research findings. Share with a partner. (NB. Video still available October 2025)

2. Linseed is also known as Flaxseed and Flaxseed Oil. Read the following information from these websites and note down the relevant points. Share with a partner.

Agriculture Victoria	NIH [USA]
GRDC

3. Read about the experiences of farmers converting to linseed production and develop a commercial/advertisement to encourage more growers to take up growing linseeds using Wix