The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant - Year 3

The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant: KS2 Science Teaching Resource

This KS2 science teaching resource explores the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal. It is an ideal teaching aid to use in a lesson covering the curriculum objectives in the year 3 science programme of study (Plants).

'The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant' is a colourful and engaging PowerPoint presentation with 5 accompanying worksheets. Content includes:


Link to an introductory video
What is the life cycle of a flowering plant (seed, germination, growing stage, pollination, fertilisation, seed dispersal)
The life cycle of a flowering plant worksheet
Link to a plant reproduction video
Plant reproduction, taking a closer look at pollination and fertilisation
Plant reproduction worksheet
Pollination quiz with accompanying worksheet
Pollination activity and accompanying worksheets
What is seed dispersal and the different methods (wind, animal, water, explosion)
Seed dispersal quiz with accompanying worksheet
Link to a seed dispersal video

'The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant' is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach.