Coming along nicely ...
20 days after sowing my seeds and my seedlings are now now between about 3cm and 6cm high … all this sun has done some good!
Of course, this is one of the many lessons you can teach about how plants grow, and what they need to become strong and healthy.
Cross-curricular opportunities
There are some fantastic resources in KnowledgeBox that can help you with a topic on ‘Growing plants’. Have a look at the animations in ScienceBox. (Type ’plant animation’ into Quick find.)
Watch the animation of a bean growing. Stop at pertinent points and ask the children to name the parts of each plant. When you’ve watched the animation there are worksheets for the children to complete: labelling the parts of the plant, and a cut-and-stick activity, to see if the children are able to order the stages of a plant’s life cycle.
You could link this beautifully with your literacy work on Traditional Tales as well. There’s a great animation on Jack and the Beanstalk. (Type ‘Jack’ into Quick find.)
And, if you’ve got BBCA Primary French is Fun 1, then there’s a re-telling of the traditional tale in French! After each frame of the story, stop and ask your children to choose the right word.
… Finally
Why not hold a plant record-breaker competition?
Who can find the largest, smallest, oldest, funniest, smelliest plants. They could do some independent research on the internet. They could design and make a leaflet or poster for display in the classroom.
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