Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Explore a variety of fruits and generate questions.
- Classify fruits according to observable similarities and differences.
Activities
- Consolidate the learning of scientific vocabulary by playing a word matching game in teams.
- Explore a wide variety of fruits and ask questions about them.
- Use observation skills to create detailed drawings of fruits with accompanying notes.
- Suggest criteria for grouping fruits and classify them accordingly.
Investigation - exploration
Investigate a wide variety of different fruits, pods, berries etc. that “package” seeds.
Vocabulary
Fruit, pod, nut, seed, berry, seed head, ovary, ovule