English National Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Understand that plants grow over time
Observe a plant over time and describe its changes
Measure the growth of a plant
Enquiry Approach - Observation over time
Observing changes that occur over a long or short period of time.
Enquiry Skill - Interpreting and communicating results
Using information, results and data to present findings, including oral and written explanations.
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Words and meanings to learn
seedling
a very small plant that has just grown out of the soil
young plant
a small plant that is not yet fully grown
growth
the process of growing
adult plant
a grown plant that produces seeds or bulbs
observe
to watch something happen
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Resources: The plants from Lesson 1 and a ruler.
Support Handout (1): The handout provides space for the children to draw pictures of their growing plant at four stages. Teachers may ask children to order the photographs taken at each stage of the plant's growth. The children are asked to add labels to their pictures using a word bank for support.
Core Handout (2): The handout provides space for the children to draw pictures of their growing plant at four stages. They are asked to write a sentence for each picture using a word bank for support.
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