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Subjects

Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 6: What is a botanist?

Role-playing as botanists carrying out research outdoors.

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Learning objectives

To identify a variety of flowering plants.
Science in action: To understand the role of a botanist.

Success criteria

I can recognise

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National curriculum

Science

Living things and their habitats

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Cross-curricular links

None.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Life processes and ask the children to talk to their partners about how plants demonstrate each of the life processes.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could draw pictures of the flowering plants instead of writing notes; could be given less flowering plants to identify (e.g. A-E).

Pupils working at greater depth

Should include a range of adjectives when writing descriptions of flowers and leaves (e.g. pointy, bell-shaped, droopy, cylindrical, heart-shaped, shiny, glossy, feathery, smooth, spiky); could write a short letter to Blossom the botanist giving a detailed description of the new plant species.

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