Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Understand that some materials come from plants.
• Identify common plants and trees (Yr1).
• Categorise items as ‘from plants' or 'not from plants'.

Activities

1. Understand that some materials come from plants.
2. Be able to identify common plants that are useful to us.
3. Classify items according to their origins (from plants or not from plants).

Investigation - exploring
Investigate and sort materials according to where they came from. Understand that some materials are made from plants.
Year 1 - Identify common plants and trees.
Year 2 - Categorise items as ‘from plants' or 'not from plants'.

Vocabulary
Plant, leaf, grow, weed, change, living, water, healthy, similar to, different from, useful