Starter quiz
- Plants need warmth, ______ and light to grow.
- 'water' ✓
- Which thing is not living?
water ✓
tree
tulips
- What does bloom mean?
- When a flower opens. ✓
- When a flower closes.
- When leaves turn green.
- When leaves fall off.
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- An unhealthy plant that can no longer stand strong, tall and straight has begun to ______.
- 'wilt' ✓
- When a plant begins to wilt, which part of the plant can no longer stand tall?
- flowers
- stem ✓
- roots
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Which part of a plant is shown in the picture?- leaves
- stem
- roots ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which photo was taken of the grass after there was no rain for three weeks?
photo 1
photo 2
photo 3 ✓
- Match the amount of time to what happened to plants growing with no water.
- one day⇔plant is green, shiny and strong ✓
- one week⇔plant looks dull and begins to wilt ✓
- one month⇔plant is dry, crispy, floppy and wilted ✓
What type of living thing is a cactus?- human
- other animal
- plant ✓
- something else
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A cactus can grow in very dry conditions. Match special parts of a cactus with how it helps it to survive in dry weather.- long roots⇔to grow down to 'search' for water ✓
- large thick stem⇔to store water ✓
- small leaves or spines⇔to stop leaves from losing water and drying out ✓
- How might you know that a plant needs water?
- The plant pot feels cold.
- The soil feels dry. ✓
- The leaves look blue.
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Sofia spots this unhealthy plant and thinks it will die soon. What should she do?- Throw it away - it is wilted.
- Cut its leaves off - they cannot be saved.
- Water it - sometimes plants can be recovered with water within a short time. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Plants are living things, they need water to grow, stay alive and and keep healthy.
- Without water, a plant can dry out, drop leaves, lose its strength and begin to wilt.
- Changes in plant growth can be compared and described using observation skills.
- Different plants can survive without water for different amounts of time.
- Unhealthy plants without water can sometimes be recovered with water within a short period of time.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that plants need lots of water everyday
Remind pupils that different plants need different amounts of water, and a plant with too much, or not enough, water could become unhealthy
Keywords
Plant - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.
Water - All living things need water to stay alive.
Survive - A plant will survive, or stay alive, when it has everything it needs.
Compare - When we compare, we look at what is the same and what is different about at least two things.
Record - We record in science to keep information so that it can be looked at again.
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