Plant Power Investigation
Pull a flower apart and find out how plants make more plants.
Pairs take real flowers apart under lenses to find the parts that make seeds, match flowers to the animals that pollinate them, test how seeds travel, hunt for seeds in fruit, watch coloured water climb a celery stalk and read the results from plants grown in light, dark and dry conditions.
Years 3–6 + HPGE
Hands-on
Investigations
Inquiry Based
Primary School Workshops
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What's In Plant Power Investigation?
A hands-on workshop about flowers and pollination: how do plants make more plants? Every student investigates with a challenge card matched to your stage.
Every session opens with a surprise from the plant world that gets the class asking questions, and ends with teams explaining what they found.
Inside · pairs · photo-backed
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Inside · pairs · fair test
Inside · pairs · fair test
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Inside · pairs
Year Levels
Years 3–6 + HPGE
Duration
60 or 90 minutes
Group Size
Up to 32
Price (incl GST)
$690 (60 min)
$21.56 per student
$790 (90 min)
$24.69 per student
Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class
Choose experiences to match your class interests
Predict, test, observe and explain
THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE
Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Explore the learning at your stage.
Stage 2 — Plant Power Investigation
Stage 2 cards challenge students to work out how plants and animals depend on each other, starting with how flowers are pollinated.
Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)
Every group works from a Stage 2 challenge card written for these outcomes.
✓ ST2-SCI-01 — Living things depend on energy and materials to survive
Pose questions to conduct fair tests to determine the effects of soil, water and light energy on plants
✓ ST2-SCI-01 — Living things depend on energy and materials to survive
Describe ways in which plants and animals depend on each other for survival
See the Science in Action
LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW
What Students learn & How We Support Teachers
What Your Students Will Learn
Name and describe the parts of a flower
Explain the role of pollinators
Describe a flowering plant's life cycle
Identify what plants need to grow
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
How we support teachers
Challenge cards for every stage, used by
students during the session.
Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going
Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit
Thinking skills students practise
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Workshop Requirements & Bookings
Everything You Need to Know
Up to 32 students per session
Group Size
60 minutes
Session Time
A classroom with tables for 16 pairs. Everything runs inside.
Space & Setup
All materials, equipment, safety glasses and stage challenge cards.
What we Provide
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30+ Years Teaching Science
Experienced science teacher designing activities that keep children engaged, involved and learning.
We Bring Everything
Experiments, equipment and materials come with us — you just provide the space and the kids.
Tailored to Your School
Activities are adjusted to suit your class’s stage
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