A question is a type of sentence that asks something.

We compare things by looking at what is the same and what is different.

In a conclusion, scientists explain what their results show or mean.

To explain something means to make it clear.

To evaluate is to think about what you did and suggest any changes or improvements.

What plants need: final review

Science

In this What plants do and what they need unit, pupils learn about the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants. In the Reproduction and life cycles unit: plants, they will build on this knowledge to describe the life process of reproduction in some plants

In the Growing plants unit, pupils learnt that plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. In this What plants do and what they need unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to explore a greater number of requirements of plants for life and growth and how they vary from plant to plant

What plants do and what they need

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A suggestion of what might happen during an investigation.

An explanation of what happened in an investigation and what the results mean.

A plan for how an investigation should be carried out.

Lucas is investigating what happens when a plant doesn’t have one of its requirements.
He is giving his plant air, light, room to grow and nutrients from the soil.
Which requirement has he taken away?

Plants grow bigger and stronger without water.

Lucas investigated what happens to a plant with no water.
Here are his results.
What conclusion can he make from his results?

When scientists have completed an investigation, they often {{}} what they have done by thinking about how the investigation went and what could have been done better.

whether handwriting was neat enough and how presentation could have been better.

what went well and what improvements could be made to the method.

how the investigation was carried out and who had which job.

what results were collected and what they show us.

An evaluation of an investigation should explain…

we see how they are similar and different

What do we do when we compare two things with each other?

What kind of living thing needs water, air, light, room to grow and nutrients from the soil to survive?

Jun has been investigating plants and has collected some measurements of his plants at different times. What do we call this information we gather during an investigation?

Which units of measure could Jun use to measure the height of the plants he is investigating?

Content guidance

Exploration of objects

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

What plants need: final review

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.