Plants without water
Lesson details
Learning outcome
You can find out and describe what happens when plants do not have water.
Key learning points
- Plants are living things, they need water to grow, stay alive and and keep healthy.
- Without water, a plant can dry out, drop leaves, lose its strength and begin to wilt.
- Changes in plant growth can be compared and described using observation skills.
- Different plants can survive without water for different amounts of time.
- Unhealthy plants without water can sometimes be recovered with water within a short period of time.
Keywords
Plant - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.
Water - All living things need water to stay alive.
Survive - A plant will survive, or stay alive, when it has everything it needs.
Compare - We compare things by looking at what is the same and what is different.
Record - We record in science to keep information so that it can be looked at again.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that plants need lots of water everyday
Remind pupils that different plants need different amounts of water, and a plant with too much, or not enough, water could become unhealthy
Teacher tip
Pupils will be observing the plants growing without water since lesson 3. They will compare these to the plants growing with everything (water, warmth and light). They will add today's observations without water to their chosen method from lesson 4
Equipment
Pupils will need equipment for their chosen method of recording (ipads, drawing materials etc.)
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Plants need warmth, and light to grow.
Q2.Which thing is not living?
Q3.What does bloom mean?
Q4.An unhealthy plant that can no longer stand strong, tall and straight has begun to .
Q5.When a plant begins to wilt, which part of the plant can no longer stand tall?
Q6.Which part of a plant is shown in the picture?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which photo was taken of the grass after there was no rain for three weeks?
Q2.Match the amount of time to what happened to plants growing with no water.
Q3.What type of living thing is a cactus?
Q4.A cactus can grow in very dry conditions. Match special parts of a cactus with how it helps it to survive in dry weather.
Q5.How might you know that a plant needs water?
Q6.Sofia spots this unhealthy plant and thinks it will die soon. What should she do?
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