Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Find flowers outside in the playground and carefully examine them with a magnifying glass.
- Take a flower to pieces and label the parts (Yr1).
- Make a large model of a flowering plant using junk modelling materials.
- Understand the basic structure of a flower and the basic function of the main parts (Yr2).
Activities
- Understand the inside of a flower.
- Make a large model of the inside of a flower using junk modelling materials.
- Understand the basic structure of a flowering plant and the basic function of the main parts.
Investigation - exploring, researching and analysing secondary sources
Find flowers outside in the playground and carefully examine them with a magnifying glass. Sketch and photograph them. Make a large model of a flowering plant using junk modelling materials.
Year 1 - Take a flower to pieces and label the parts.
Year 2 - Understand the basic structure of a flower and the basic function of the main parts.
Vocabulary
Plant, leaf, grow, weed, change, living, water, healthy, similar to, different from, useful