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Science topics ages 5 - 6
Growing plants
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Objectives
Know that plants need water to survive and they take this water up through their stems
Name the basic parts of a plant, e.g. stem, petal, leaf
Use scientific terms to record their observations
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National Curriculum
England: Key Stage 1, Science, Sc1 2a, 2b, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2i, 2j; Sc2 1c, 3a, 3b
Wales: Key Stage 1, Life processes and living things, 3.1, 3.2
Northern Ireland: Key Stage 1, Living things, Animals and plants c
Scotland: 5-14 Guidelines, Science, The processes of life, Level A
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Resources required
White carnations or daffodils
Water and red food dye
See-though vase
Labels: flower, stem, petal, leaf
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Teaching activities
Introduction
Hold up a daffodil and start with a quick quiz naming the parts of the plant. Talk about the fact there are no roots on this flower.
Ask children to describe the basic conditions needed for plants to survive. How could we test a plant's need for water? Prompt with questions. What would happen if the plant did not have water? Explain you are going to leave some flowers in a vase without water and put the others in a vase with water.
Activities
Organise the class in a semi-circle on the carpet. Place the resources in the middle. Ask different children to a) pour water into one vase, b) add food colouring to the water and c) share the flowers between the two vases.
Using simple sentences write up what you did. Discuss what the children think will happen after a day/a week. Record their answers as I think ...
Working individually at their tables, ask children to record the experiment in a format including the titles, What we used, What we did, and What we think. The highest ability children can record their work unaided. The middle ability group should be given the three titles and some labels to copy. The lowest ability group can record their work pictorially or, where possible, with an adult scribe.
Plenary
Review what the children think will happen by asking one or two to read out their work. Let the children look at the flowers each day for three or four days, discussing their observations and comparing what they see with what they predicted. After a few days the dye will be visible in the stem and veins of the flowers.
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Extension
Discuss the role of roots in absorbing water from the ground. Discuss where this water comes from (rain).
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Suggested homework
Ask the children to observe plants in the environment: their house and garden, the local park, on their route to school. They should make a note of where these plants get water from (watering can, hose, rain etc) and record their work pictorially.
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