Year 2 -Science Lesson - Life Cycle of Plants and Germination

Science lesson for Year 2 - Germination of a Seed.

L.O.: To understand how seeds grow in to mature plants
Key vocabulary: Germination, Dispersal, Maturity
Key skills: Observing, Asking Questions

This lesson is accompanied by
1. A short, illustrated rhyming story book
‘A Pine Cone Winked At Me’
2. A diagram of the Life Cycle of a Pine Tree
3. A Power Point Lesson
4. A lesson plan with key questions and vocabulary

Lesson Hook ’ A Pine Cone Winked At Me’ story

Vocabulary Activity: Anagrams from ‘Germination’

Power Point lesson

Activity: Seed Planting

Consolidation: Copy diagram of seed life cycle

Higher Order Thinking: Children generate their own questions

The story ‘A Pine Cone Winked At Me’ is an illustrated story poem celebrating the beauty of germination and life cycles of plants.

*A young boy walks through a forest and notices a small pine cone winking at him. He is forever charmed and returns when he is older to see the pine cone fully grown in to a pine tree.

(Word Count Approximately 500 words. 4 minutes to read.)