Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify plants and their features.
- Recall some of the roles that flowering plant parts have.
- Name some trees and their parts.
- Identify similarities and differences between deciduous and evergreen leaves.
- Recall that seeds and bulbs come from plants.
- Recognise that seeds need water for growth.
When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Raise questions about plants and respond to suggestions on how to set up an investigation to answer a question.
- Use a magnifying glass to observe the different parts of flowering plants.
- Draw and label a diagram of a flowering plant.
- Use an identification chart to name flowering plants.
- Sort plants into groups based on specific criteria.
- Use non-standard units to measure leaf length.
- Recognise similarities and differences in seeds and bulbs.
- Recognise that predictions do not always match observations.
- Identify which plant parts can be eaten.
- Recognise that scientific research into plants leads to important discoveries.
Please note that Kapow Primary Science lessons are designed to be 1 hour and 30 minutes long to reflect the requirements of a core subject.
Suggested prior learning
This is the first unit in the Kapow Primary scheme.Lessons
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: What is a plant?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 2: Parts of a plant
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 3: Wild and garden plants
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 4: Deciduous and evergreen trees
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: Sorting seeds
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 6: Which plant parts can you eat?
Key skills
Posing questions
- Exploring
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Key knowledge
To know:
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Key vocabulary
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Unit resources
Assessment – Science Y1/2 (A): Introduction to plants
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Composing sentences before writing; punctuating sentences with capital letters and full stops.
Maths: Comparing and measuring leaf lengths.
Art: Drawing flowering plants.
Computing: Using devices to capture images and video.
Music: Listening to and joining in with songs.
Geography: Carrying out fieldwork on the school grounds.
History: Recognising the significance of scientists in the past.
British values: Mutual respect.