**A Booklet for a Plant Investigation/Experiment **
A booklet for a scientific investigation, the investigation/experiment can be linked to testing the growing conditions for plants.
Altering the amount of water/light/soil a plant has.
Unit Planning for Science Topic on Plants for Year 3
A unit plan of 6 lessons for a topic on plants. Lesson timings for each lesson are approximately 90 or 120 minutes.
The planning includes, learning objectives, teaching ideas, key questions, activities and resources list.
Teaching points that are covered in the topic are listed below:
Understand that it is important to be able to grow plants well because they provide food and other items for us
To know that all food chains begin with a green plant
To understand the function of the parts of a plant
To understand that plants need leaves in order to grow well
To plan an appropriate investigation
To make careful observations and measurements of plants growing
To use simple apparatus to measure the height of plants in standard measures
To use results to draw conclusions and provide explanations
To know that water is transported through the stem to other parts of the plant
To know that that plants need light for healthy growth
To know that plants need water, but not unlimited water, for healthy growth
To know that temperature can affect the growth of plants
To ask questions about the growth of plants
To plan a fair test
To write a clear conclusion
A Unit Pack of 5 lessons for Science, all based around States of Matters/ Solids, Liquids and Gases.
A complete pack containing planning, flipcharts and lesson resources for an Science topic based around States of Matter.
This pack would suitable for Year 4.
The pack contains the following:
In-depth planning for 5 lessons which outlines the learning objectives, success criteria, main teaching, differentiated activities, plenary, key questions and resource list
Flipchart for each lesson
Resources and worksheets
In this topic the following objectives are covered:
Understand that the three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas
Sort materials into solid, liquid and gas
Describe the properties of solids, liquids and gases using descriptive vocabulary
To be able to explore differences in temperature
To be able to use a thermometer
To be able to make a prediction and test it
To be able to investigate evaporation and condensation