Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Plant cress seeds on cotton in an egg shell or small container.
• Know that the cress seeds need water and the right temperature (Yr2).
• Place one egg shell with cress in a cupboard and talk about what might happen to the cress and its growth (Yr1).
• Start a record of the cress growth and predict how long it will take for the cress to grow long enough to eat (Yr2).

Activities

1. Understand what plants need to be healthy.
2. Know that cress seeds need water and the right temperature to germinate and grow.
3. Predict, and begin to give reasons for, what will happen to the cress in the dark cupboard.
4. Understand what is involved in recording cress growth.

Investigation
Plant cress seeds on cotton in an eggshell or small container.
Year 1 - Place one egg shell with cress in a cupboard and talk about what might happen to the cress and its growth (Exploring over time, pattern seeking).
Year 2 - Start a record of the cress growth and predict how long it will take for the cress to grow long enough to eat (Problem solving).

Vocabulary
Warmth, light, water, dry, wet, moist, growth, germination