RHS Live Lesson: Imagination Island Worksheet

Download this Imagination Island activity sheet and hand out to your pupils following the Tes Live lesson with RHS (www.tes.com/live-lessons/RHS )

Remind your pupils that they have already found out some of the features of Alpine and sub-tropical plants.

Ask them to consider leaves (size/colour shape), flowers, stems and roots when they are creating their plants. You may wish to extend this to fruits and berries. Encourage your pupils to be as intuitive as possible in their designs and describe the way that the plant will survive on the island.

We’d love to see their work by tagging us @teslivelessons @rhslearning using #imaginationisland. Plase check there are no pupils visible in the images.

Questions for scaffolding:

• Do you think the stem would be tall, short, thick or thin on a windy island?

• What would the roots look like growing in thin, stony soil?

• It’s sunny but windy. What would be the best leaf: size and shape; texture; colour?

• Small insects have blown in on the breeze. What shape of flower can they pollinate? What colour should the flowers be?