Starter quiz
- Which of these is not a season?
- spring
- summer
- September ✓
- autumn
- winter
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- Which season often has the lowest temperatures?
- spring
- summer
- autumn
- winter ✓
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- Which season often has the highest temperatures?
- spring
- summer ✓
- autumn
- winter
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- A botanist is a scientist who finds out more about ______.
- 'plants' ✓
- Jun puts seeds on a paper towel in a sunny place but they did not grow. Which statement might explain why?
- The seeds had no water. ✓
- The seeds had no plant pot.
- The seeds had no warmth.
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Laura knows she can grow a daffodil from a bulb without soil. What must the bulb have to grow into a plant?
trowel
garden
water ✓
Exit quiz
- We measure temperature in ℃ but what does this stand for?
- circle Celsius
- round Celsius
- degrees Celsius ✓
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Sofia observed her mum cut the grass every week in the summer but never in the winter. Why do you think is?- Grass stops growing in winter when it is colder. ✓
- It is too dark in winter to cut the grass.
- The tools to cut the grass are locked in the shed in winter.
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- What can happen to the roots of a plant without warmth?
- The roots grow longer.
- The roots stop growing. ✓
- The roots grow sideways.
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- Match what happened to the plants with the temperature they were growing in.
- very cold⇔Plant has stopped growing and died. ✓
- cold⇔Plant is wilting, some leaves have dropped off. ✓
- warm⇔Healthy plant with tall stem and green leaves. ✓
Why do very few plants grow in Antarctica?- It is too cold. ✓
- It is too hot.
- It is too far away.
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- An unhealthy plant is brought to a warm place after it had been growing in the cold. After a few weeks, new buds appeared on the plant. What does this tell us?
- The plant has stopped growing.
- The plant is beginning to grow leaves and flowers again. ✓
- The plant is dead.
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Key learning points
- Plants are living things, they need warmth to grow, stay alive and keep healthy.
- A plant without warmth may not grow fully and could eventually die.
- Changes in plant growth can be compared and described using observation skills.
- Different plants grow in different temperatures around the world.
- Unhealthy plants without warmth can sometimes be recovered within a short period of time.
Common misconception
Pupils may think the warmer the plant, the better it grows and the healthier it is.
Show that different plants need different amounts of warmth, and to expose a plant to high or low temperatures could cause it damage
Keywords
Plant - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.
Warmth - The Sun gives us warmth, so that we can live at just the right temperature
Temperature - Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is.
Suitable - Something that is suitable is just right.
Compare - When we compare, we look at what is the same and what is different about at least two things.
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