Plant-based materials
Considering ways to reduce, reuse and recycle by applying knowledge of material properties to solve practical problems.
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Introducing 'Making connections' in Science
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain the terms reduce, reuse and recycle.
- Describe how paper is made.
- Select suitable materials for a plant pot.
- Describe good growth conditions for seeds.
- Make a plant pot from eco-friendly materials.
- Identify non-living materials to decorate a plant pot.
When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Use an online source to find answers to questions.
- Identify and classify different types of material.
- Classify natural and human-made materials.
- Carry out tests to assess the properties of different materials.
- Use observations to answer questions.
- Draw conclusions about the suitability of materials.
Please note that Kapow Primary Science lessons are designed to be 1 hour and 30 minutes long to reflect the requirements of a core subject.
Suggested prior learning
Materials: Uses of everyday materials
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Reduce, reuse, recycle
Lesson 2: From plants to products
Lesson 3: Testing suitability
Lesson 4: Testing plant pots
Lesson 5: Choosing materials
Key skills
Posing questions
- Exploring
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Key knowledge
Plants
To know:
- Seeds
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Key vocabulary
alive
dead
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Materials for sorting (bottle tops, yoghurt pots, egg cartons, socks, t-shirts and plastic bottles) ×5
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Natural materials (e.g. wool, cotton, wooden toys, rubber balloons and clay pots).
×1 - Human-made materials (e.g. polyester clothing, plastic bottles, nylon rope and acrylic paint). ×1
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Materials to testing (newspaper, card, bubble wrap, natural fabric, tin foil and hard plastic – one small piece of each)
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Measuring cylinders or pipettes
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Materials to make pots (newspaper, bubble wrap, tin foil, fabric)
×8 - Cylindrical objects (e.g. pencil pots) ×8
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1 bag of compost
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A3 sheets of newspaper
×30 - Spoons ×8
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Sunflower seeds
×30 - A device that takes photographs ×8
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