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Lesson 2: Where fruit and vegetables grow

Having learned to sort fruits from vegetables by looking for seeds, pupils learn another clue to classification is where the edible part of the plant grows, on trees, or vines, above the ground or under the soil; and explore which part of these plants we eat.

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Learning objective

To identify where plants grow and which parts we eat.

National curriculum

Design and technology

Cooking and nurtrition

Pupils should be taught to:

Understand where food comes from.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Will need support with vocabulary – picture cards could be used.

Pupils working at greater depth: Could be stretched to consider if there are taste similarities with things that grow above or below ground. For example, are all things that grow on a vine sweet?

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

Created by:

Tom Turnham,

Design and technology specialist

Tom has been a teacher for seven years and, as Head of Upper School at The Belham Primary School, he has a keen interest in young people and good causes. For the past seventeen years he has volunteered with various…

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