Subject Science
Topic Plants
Short Term Planning
Year 5/6
1. Communication
2. Application of number
3. Information technology
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
1
To learn to draw conclusions from
results.
Classes 5/6/8
Term
KEY SKILLS
4. Working with others
Thinking skills
5. Improving own learning
7. Information thinking
and performance
6. Problem solving
8. Reasoning
MAIN ACTIVITY
Set up ‘potato maze’ experiment – ask
children to predict what they think the
potato will do.
To know that plant growth is
affected by light.
To start a class glossary.
Start a class glossary for the ‘Plant’ topic.
To start a class dictionary.
Start a class science dictionary for plants.
4
To know the different parts of a
flower and label them correctly.
5
To know what each part of the
plant does.
To know where the parts of the
plant are.
Labelling parts of a flower – petal, stigma,
anther, filament, ovary, sepal – using My
World ‘Plant Biology’ program. Write in the
functions of each one.
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3
Dissecting and labelling a flowering plant.
Stick into books and clearly label.
6
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To complete a simple dissection of
a flowering plant.
To learn how to design and carry
out an investigation given the
results.
To know that plants take up water
through the roots and is then
passed to the rest of the plant.
Water is taken up through the roots and
transported through the stem to the rest
of the plant. Prove! Allen ‘Zicke’ asks for
help with his homework in form of a letter.
Children make notes on how to do
experiment; actually do experiment and
record results in note form.
LESS ABLE
EXTENSION
Teacher Mrs West
9. Enquiry
10. Creative
thinking
11. Evaluation
ASSESSMENT
Subject Science
Topic Plants
Short Term Planning
Year 5/6
1. Communication
2. Application of number
3. Information technology
7
To learn to record details of an
investigation so that it can be
repeated
8
To know that plants need light to
produce food for growth.
9
To know the importance of leafs in
this process.
To label process of photosynthesis
correctly.
10
To use program correctly.
To know that plants need light to
survive.
To learn to design and carry out an
experiment given the results.
To learn to experiment and
11 investigate appropriately.
To learn that plants will grow on a
12 variety of surfaces, not just soil.
Classes 5/6/8
Term
KEY SKILLS
4. Working with others
Thinking skills
5. Improving own learning
7. Information thinking
and performance
6. Problem solving
8. Reasoning
Re-present information on how to do
experiment and the results that you found.
Needs to be clear enough so Zicke could do
experiment himself and/or explain it to
teacher.
Photosynthesis – how does it work? Key
words – chlorophyll, food, light, sugar,
water, glucose, leaf, carbon dioxide.
Complete appropriate section on My World
‘Plant Biology’ program.
Plants need light to survive. Prove!
Possibility of having a second letter from
alien/friend.
Notes on how to do experiment, do
experiment, notes on results. Write up.
Professor Blurb has gone into space for six
months to investigate plant growth in
space. Has got light, water and
plants/seeds. Has forgotten the soil. How
could he still grow his plants?
Notes, have-a-go, record in the form of a
poster – revolutionary plant growing
techniques.
Assessment activity.
Bonington Junior School
Teacher Mrs West
9. Enquiry
10. Creative
thinking
11. Evaluation
Subject Science
Topic Plants
Short Term Planning
Year 5/6
1. Communication
2. Application of number
3. Information technology
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To learn about the life cycle of a
flowering plant – pollination, seed
production, dispersal and
germination.
To learn how to use a key and a
decision tree to classify.
To understand that different
plants are found and are suited to
different habitats.
To understand reasons for a plant
being suited to its habitat.
To know that food chains show
the feeding relationships
To know that a food chain starts
with a green plant.
To understand that the microorganism is not visible to the
naked eye.
To understand that some
microorganisms may be beneficial
and some harmful.
Classes 5/6/8
Term
KEY SKILLS
4. Working with others
Thinking skills
5. Improving own learning
7. Information thinking
and performance
6. Problem solving
8. Reasoning
Life cycles of flowering plants – pollination,
seed production, seed dispersal,
germination. Look at different ways these
happen and what is involved.
Classification – using keys and/or decision
trees.
Sorting and classifying (a) leaves
(b) flowering plants
Label plants to be classified as A, B, C, D
etc
Habitats and adaptation – compare pond
life, woodland, urban, marsh, etc. use
quadrants to compare different plants
growing in each.
Food chains – role-play – cards of
different plants/creatures – put
themselves into appropriate places in food
chains. What would happen to an ecosystem if there were no green plants?
Microorganisms – examples of
useful/harmless and harmful
microorganisms.
Size of micro-organisms (i.e. Not visible to
the naked eye)
Bonington Junior School
Teacher Mrs West
9. Enquiry
10. Creative
thinking
11. Evaluation