Plants

Pupils should be taught to:
• observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants;
• find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.

Y2 What do Seeds Need to Start Growing? (Investigation Booklet)

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Pupils predict what they think seeds need to start growing. The test their predictions by designing and completing an investigation. The record their findings in a booklet.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - Pupils find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
  • NaG - Pupils should be introduced to the requirements of plants for germination, growth and survival, as well as to the processes of reproduction and growth in plants
  • WS - Pupils might work scientifically by: observing and recording, with some accuracy, the growth of a variety of plants as they change over time from a seed or bulb, or observing similar plants at different stages of growth; setting up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy

Y2 Plant Reproduction

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Pupils learn about the four stages in a plants lifecycle and plant reproduction by producing a 'disc' that sequences these stages and demonstrates the lifecycle of a flowering plant.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants
  • NaG - Pupils should be introduced to the requirements of plants for germination, growth and survival, as well as to the processes of reproduction and growth in plants

Y2 What do Seeds Need to Start Growing?

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Pupils discuss with a partner/group what they think seeds need to help them to start growing. They also discuss and plan what they think they need to do in order to find out?

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
  • NaG – pupils learn that plants need a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy; pupils should be introduced to the requirements of plants for growth and survival
  • WS - pupils might work scientifically by: observing and recording, with some accuracy, the growth of a variety of plants as they change over time from a seed or bulb, or observing similar plants at different stages of growth; setting up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy

Y2 Watering Plants

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Pupils investigate what happens to plants if they are not watered.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.
  • NaG - pupils learn that seeds and bulbs need water to grow but do not need light
  • WS - pupils should set up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy; use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions

Y2 Predicting Germination and Plant Growth

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Pupils plant seeds in four different plant pots. One plant pot has all the things needed for seeds to germinate and grow while the others have one of these requirements missing. Pupils plant the seeds in each of the pots and predict what they think will happen.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
  • NaG - pupils learn that seeds and bulbs need water to grow but do not need light
  • WS - pupils should set up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy; use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions

Y2 Plants and Light

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Pupils plan an investigation to answer the question 'Do plants need light?'.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
  • NaG - seeds and bulbs need water to grow but do not need light
  • WS - pupils should set up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy; use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions

Y2 Comparing Growing Conditions

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Pupils look at two germination investigations and have to identify which one is fair and why.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
  • NaG - seeds and bulbs need water to grow but do not need light
  • WS - pupils should set up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy; use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions

Y2 Predicting Germination and Plant Growth

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Pupils plant seeds in a variety of conditions. They make predictions regarding seed germination and plant growth before planting their seeds and investigating whether or not their predictions were accurate.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.
  • NaG - pupils learn that seeds and bulbs need water to grow but do not need light.
  • WS - pupils should set up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy; use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.