The ‘Plants and Animals’ project allows students to share information about their own domestic plants and animals and to study the global diversity of natural plant and animal habitats. The weekly submission of text, images and data will enable students to analyse and compare results. The project activities are designed to integrate ICT into other curriculum areas and extend ICT skills.

Conduct a group survey of their own pets
Write a collaborative text analysis of the collected pet survey data
Write a collaborative text analysis of the observations of their bean growing experiment
Publish the work to the project web site

Review Week 1 published work on the project web site
Conduct a survey of types of the flora and fauna found in the school grounds or a nearby park or woodland area
Write a collaborative text analysis of the flora and fauna survey
Make graphical representations of the flora and fauna
Write a collaborative text analysis of the observations of their bean growing experiment
Publish the work to the project web site

Review Week 2 published work on the project web site
Identify a specific area within the school grounds for a minibeast search
Observe and record the minibeasts that are present
Write a description of one of the minibeasts
Publish the work to the project web site

Use work published on the project web site to make comparisons
Write a collaborative text account of the knowledge that has been acquired through the project
Write a farewell collaborative text
Publish the work to the project web site