Year 3 Plants Unit of Work (Science)

A full unit of work for the plants Science topic!

6 lessons with the following objectives:

1. What conditions do plants need to grow?
2. What are the functions of the different parts of a flowering plant?
3. How is water transported within plants?
4. What do the flowers do in the life cycle of a flowering plant?
5. What is the process of pollination and dispersal?
6. What factors affect plant growth.

Each lesson follows the following structure:

• Flashback - a recap of prior knowledge.
• Lesson objective - introducing what today’s learning is.
• I do - explaining the learning to the children.
• We do - a collaborative task to embed learning.
• You do - an independent task.

Some lessons include practical elements too (including growing plants and observing water transportation in plants using food colouring).

An assessment is also included.