Lesson Planning
The power of plants
Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of
Rainforests - NEW LOOK Plants and Animals in the Rainforest
Objectives
Geography
- To list some foods that come from rainforest plants.
- To explain what an ethnobotanist is and name some rainforest plants that are used in medicine.
- To investigate and make notes about the medicinal use of a plant that grows wild in the UK.
Enquiry question
Why are the plants of the rainforest so important?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Create a menu containing foods that come from rainforest plants.
- Name some rainforest plants that have medicinal uses.
- Research and makes notes on the medicinal uses of a plant growing wild in the UK.
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
Selection of supermarket food items that come from plants that are native to the rainforest, such as bananas, chocolate, coffee, vanilla ice cream container, black pepper and cashew nuts
Access to the internet
Dandelion (optional)
Non-fiction books about the medicinal uses of wild plants growing in the UK
Coloured pencils
Weblinks
Useful information from WWF about some products and ingredients that come from tropical forests
This video clip from Learn at Chester Zoo provides some examples of products that come from rainforests