Lesson 4: Planting seeds

Planting seeds and discovering conditions needed to help them grow.

Learning objective

EYFS outcomes

Before the lesson

Teacher notes

Lesson plan

Support and challenge

Adults can use the opportunity to:

  • Cut open fruit such as apples, oranges and tomatoes to explore the seeds inside with the pupils.
  • Talk to the children about what they think would happen if they did not water the seeds.
  • Encourage the children to compare the size and shape of different seeds and bulbs; prompt them to guess what plant each might grow into.

Key vocabulary

  • grow

  • plant

  • seed

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