12 vocab cards for learning about caterpillars and butterflies. With a nice leaf design in the corner. I used these when setting up an investigation area in year two when we had class caterpillars! (I also sell these as part of a bundle which includes butterfly and caterpillar fact cards and display bunting.)

20 bright and colourful fact cards about caterpillars and butterflies. I used these to set up a science investigation area in year 2 when we had caterpillars that we kept to observe and release as they turned into butterflies. (I also sell them in a bundle with matching display title bunting and key vocabulary) These cards concentrate on the things that children will notice while the caterpillars are in the classroom. They allow the children to find out about what they can see happening. These cards are also a geat resource for teachers and support staff to explain what is happening and answer any tricky questions that the children might ask!

‘Our Caterpillars’ bunting. The bunting has a green leaf background that will completment natural classrooms perfectly. I used this bunting to create an investigation area in year two when we got caterpillars in class. (I also sell this bunting as part of a bundle which also has matching caterpillar fat cards and key vocab cards.)

Display poster showing a range of animals that lay eggs. Animals are from different classification groups such as birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and insects. Real photographs used on a natural hessian background. A good addition to an investigation area or to encourage discussion and generate questions.

Science lessons looking at plants in year 2. Lesson on planting sunflowers, learning how to take care of them and what they need. Differentiated sheet for children who are new to English. A log to keep track of how high and fast they grow. Analysis lesson to create pictograms (with links to the year 2 maths curriculum) to show the height of different sunflowers. Extra questions for high ability children once they have made their pictogram (links to year 2 maths curriculum).

Huge bundle of resources to cover all year 2 plants science national curriculum objectives and also some year 1 objectives and some mathematics (data handling) objectives to promote cross curricular learning. 8 differentiated lessons Lessons included: planting a seed (sunflower), finding out how to care for it and measuring it over time. Investigation over time: What does a plant need to grow. Looks a planting a bean seed and keeping it in different conditions to monitor it’s growth. Lifecycle of a plant (using the control from the bean seed experiment to allow children to explore this themselves) Dissection of a plant to look at the different parts and their jobs. Carnation experient to explore the movement of water in plants. (Using food colouring in the water to colourthe petals- make sure you use plenty of food colouring for it to work!!) Plant and tree hunt, record using tally marks and present findings in a block diagram (links to data in maths) Create a mini rainforest terrarium in a bottle. Full instructions and resource list included. Analyse sunflower growth, show results in a pictogram. Extra questions for HA children to answer once they have created their pictogram (links to data in maths). The corresponding notebook slides are easy to follow with lots of questions to encourage scientific thinking. There is differentiation for HA/MA/EAL or NTE

LO: To be able to identify the different parts of a flowering plant and discuss their roles in plant reproduction. Used with year 5 and 6 to look at the different parts of a flower and their role in sexual reproduction. HA sheet requires pupils to fill in name and function. LA sheet requires children to fill in function only.