What plants need: plan
I can ask relevant questions about what plants need and plan a comparative test to answer them.
What plants need: plan
I can ask relevant questions about what plants need and plan a comparative test to answer them.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Plants are living things and need the right conditions to grow and stay healthy.
- Plants need air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow.
- Scientists can investigate what plants need by observing plant growth when requirements are removed.
- A comparative test investigation can be carried out to investigate plant growth.
- In a comparative test investigation, variables must be controlled so only one thing is changed and another is measured.
Keywords
Plants - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, a stem and leaves.
Conditions - Living things need certain conditions to grow and be healthy.
Requirements - The requirements of something are the things it needs.
Comparative test - In a comparative test, the thing that is being changed has labels, such as the types of materials.
Variables - The things that can be changed, measured or kept the same in a comparative or fair test.
Common misconception
Pupils may not consider plants to be living things because they do not move from place to place or have ‘babies’ in the way that many animals do.
Explain that plants are living things; we know this because they can move, grow and reproduce like other living things can.
Equipment
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Licence
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Starter quiz
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flower
leaf
stem
root
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