Learning objective

Knowledge

  • To identify the growth and survival needs of plants.

Working scientifically

  • To pose relevant questions.

Success criteria

Knowledge

  • I can identify that plants need air, water,

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National curriculum

Science

Plants

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Explore

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, you may want to check the children can recall the following key facts from the unit Science, Year 2, Plants: Plant growth. Identify plants and their features. Recall that plants need air, water and light to grow healthily. Recall that seeds and bulbs come from plants. Recognise that humans can care…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use sentence openers for testable questions; could use modelled examples to help formulate questions.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should be given other enquiry ideas and asked to formulate testable questions.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying the basic needs

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Vocabulary definitions

  • air

    Plants absorb this to make food.

  • soil

    Where most plants grow because it contains nutrients.

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