Learning objectives

Knowledge

  • To revise the units Classification and changing habitats, Plant reproduction and Forces and magnets.

Working scientifically

  • To conclude and evaluate the investigation.

Success criteria

Knowledge

  • I can group plants based on their characteristics.
  • I
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National curriculum

Science

Plants

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Arrange the class into groups of three and provide each group with a whiteboard, a pen and the Knowledge organiser: Science – Classification and changing habitats. Assign each group one of the boxes from the Knowledge organiser and challenge them to summarise the knowledge in the box in a single sentence. Allow time for the groups to…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could label their bar chart using slide 13 of the Presentation: Investigation: How does wind force affect seed dispersal?; should use the Knowledge organiser: Science – Plant reproduction to help them explain what plants need for survival in their conclusion.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could add the model bar data to their bar chart in order to make a direct comparison (the bars can be drawn over their data so that each bar looks like it has been divided into two sections); should include in their conclusion details of any results that did not fit the pattern and explain why they may have happened as part of a reflection on the trustworthiness of the results; could choose an extension activity from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: How does wind force affect seed dispersal?.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: grouping plants based on characteristics; drawing a

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Vocabulary definitions

  • bar chart

    A graph to show grouped data using different length bars.

  • biomimicry

    Learning from nature to solve human problems.

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