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Pupil Workbook Year 1, Unit 5
Science
Name:
Common Plants
Formative Assessment Scores
Notes:
Knowledge Quiz 5.1
Knowledge Quiz 5.2
Knowledge Quiz 5.3
Knowledge Quiz 5.4
Knowledge Quiz 5.5
Pupil Workbook Year 1, Unit 5
Science
Common Plants
Science: Common Plants Knowledge Organiser
Deciduous Trees Evergreen Trees
A deciduous tree is a tree that sheds its leaves. Deciduous trees change throughout the year.
An evergreen tree is ‘ever green.’ It is a tree that keeps its leaves on it throughout the year.
Plants are living things that grow. Plants stay in one place but they grow and change just like you. Weeds, grass, moss, ferns, shrubs, flowers and trees are all plants. Plants have 3 important parts: roots, stems and leaves.
RootsRoots keep the plants in the ground and take in water from the soil.
StemThe stem holds up the plant and carries water to the leaves.
LeavesLeaves take in the sunshine and turn it into food for the plant.
leaves
roots
stem
Horse Chestnut Holly Tree
Douglas FirEnglish Oak Sycamore Norway Spruce
Common Garden Plants Common Wild Plants
Garden plants are plants that people choose to grow in their gardens. They look after their plants and help them to grow.
Wild plants don’t need to be looked after to grow. A wild plant’s seeds grow where they fall.
Sunflower Bramble
Magnolia Poppy
Marigold Nettle
Hydrangea Ivy
PrimulaPrimulaPrimula Clover
Rose Buttercup
Honeysuckle Daisy
Lavender Dandelion
Sweet pea Thistle
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Existing Knowledge
What do I know about plants?
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Session 1:
What is a plant? Key Knowledge Key Vocabulary
Plants are living things that grow.
You can find plants everywhere, in homes, gardens, parks and the countryside.
Plants can be different sizes, shapes and colours.
Weeds, grass, moss, ferns, shrubs flowers and trees are all plants.
Plants can grow in soil (like sunflowers) or water (like waterlilies).
plant
living thing
grow
soil
weed
grass
moss
fern
shrub
tree
flower
fruit
What is a plant?
Plants are living things that grow. Plants stay in one place but they grow and change just like you.
Where are plants?
Look around! Plants are everywhere. Wherever you live in the United Kingdom, there are a huge variety of plants to discover in your neighbourhood.
You can find plants in homes, gardens, parks and the countryside. Plants can turn up in the most unlikely of places, such as a crack in the pavement or a gap in a wall.
Weeping Willow Orchid Nettle
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What do plants look like?
Plants come in all shapes and sizes. They can be big, like a giant oak tree or small, like a daisy. Plants can be all kinds of different colours. Some plants have flowers, like a rose. Others grow fruit, like a pear tree.
Did you know?
Weeds are plants.
Shrubs are plants.
Grass is a plant.
Ferns are plants.
Moss is a type of plant.
Even trees are plants.
Daisy Oak Tree Pear Tree
Dandelions are common weeds.
Grass is commonly used to make lawns.
A hedge is several shrubs planted in a line.
Ferns have feathery leaves.
Moss grows on trees, stones and the ground.
Silver Birch trees are known for
their silver bark.
Rose
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Where do plants grow?
Plants can grow in soil (like sunflowers) or water (like waterlilies). Lots of plants even grow under the sea (like seaweed).
Plant Spotting How many different plants can you spot in this photo?
Plant Hunt Go for a walk to hunt for plants. Take photos or sketch the plants that you find.
Sunflowers Water Lilies Seaweed
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Plant Observations Record details of four plants that you found.
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Session 2:
What are the basic parts of a plant?
Key Knowledge Key Vocabulary
Plants have 3 important parts: the roots, the stem and the leaves.
Roots keep the plants in the ground and take in water from the soil.
The stem holds up the plant and carries water to the leaves.
Leaves take in the sunshine and turn it into food for the plant.
roots
stem
leaves
flowers
petals
seeds
bulbs
Knowledge Quiz 5.1
1. Plants are living things.
2. Which of these is NOT a plant?
3. What is this called?
4. Which of these plants does NOT grow in water?
5. Which of these plants grows fruit?
true
moss tree grass fern
Rose Dandelion Silver Birch Bee
false
Water Lily Seaweed Sunflower
Pear Tree Daisy Grass
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Parts of Plants What parts of this sunflower can you name?
Plant Parts Plants have 3 important parts: roots, stems and leaves.
Roots Roots keep the plants in the ground and take in water from the soil. Stem The stem holds up the plant and carries water to the leaves. Leaves Leaves take in the sunshine and turn it into food for the plant.
roots
stem
leaves
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Some plants have flowers which have petals. Plants grow from bulbs or seeds.
You can use your body to remember the important parts of a plant.
Your arms are like leaves.
Your feet are like roots.
Your body is like a stem.
Flower and Petals Bulbs Seeds
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Can you label the parts of these plants?
Session 3:
Can we identify common garden plants? Key Knowledge Key Vocabulary
Garden plants are plants that people choose to grow in their gardens.
Common summer garden plants include: roses, sunflowers, lavender, primula, sweet pea, marigolds, honeysuckle, magnolia trees and hydrangeas.
People choose to grow plants for different reasons, such as: they’re easy to grow, they smell pleasant, they look beautiful, or they attract insects.
garden plant
rose
sunflower
lavender
primula
sweet pea
marigold
honeysuckle
magnolia tree
hydrangea
insects
stem roots petals leaves flower
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Knowledge Quiz 5.2
1. Which part of the plant is circled?
2. Roots…
3. Flowers have:
4. Which part of the plant is circled?
5. Which part of the plant is circled?
stem roots leaves
keep the plant in the ground take in sunshine
leaves petals branches
stem roots leaves
stem leaves roots
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Do you remember the names of these spring plants that you learnt in Unit 4?
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Why do you think people would choose to grow these plants?
Common Garden Plants Garden plants are plants that people choose to grow in their gardens. People decide what plants they would like to grow and then plant them in their gardens. They look after their plants and water them, to help them to grow. Wild plants are different. Wild plants don’t need to be looked after to grow. A wild plant’s seeds grow where they fall. They aren’t planted by people.
Summer is the best season for spotting colourful plants and flowers in gardens. The warm sunny days of summer help plants to grow and flower. Common summer garden plants include: sunflowers, sweet peas, roses, primula, honeysuckle, marigolds, hydrangea, magnolia trees and lavender.
Sweet Peas are delicate flowers
that smell delightful.
A sunflower has bright yellow petals and can grow up to
2 metres high!
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People choose to grow plants for different reasons, such as: they’re easy to grow they smell pleasant they look beautiful they attract insects
Hydrangeas are known for their big bunches of
attractive flowers.
Roses come in lots of different colours and smell beautiful.
Magnolia trees are known for their large
pretty flowers.
Honeysuckle has sweet smelling trumpet like flowers and is popular
with butterflies.
Lavender smells wonderful and attracts
insects like bees.
Marigolds have orange petals and are easy to grow.
Primula come in lots of different colours and are
very easy to grow.
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Common Garden Plants in Summer
Can you label the common garden plant pictures with their names?
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sunflower marigold honeysuckle
rose sweet peas magnolia tree
lavender hydrangea primula
Common Garden Plants Hunt
Take the spotter sheet and go on a plant hunt around your local area
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Common Garden Plant Observations
Record details of four common garden plants that you found.
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Session 4:
Can we identify common wild plants?
Key Knowledge Key Vocabulary
A wild plant doesn’t need to be looked after as it grows.
Wild plants grow from seeds wherever they fall.
Common summer wild plants include: daisies, buttercups, nettles, ivy, thistles, dandelions, clover, brambles and poppies.
wild plant
daisy
buttercup
nettle
ivy
thistle
dandelion
clover
brambles
poppies
Knowledge Quiz 5.3
1. Garden plants…
2. Tick the hydrangea.
3. Tick the lavender.
4. Tick the marigolds.
5. Tick 1 reason why people might choose to grow garden plants.
grow where they are planted grow wherever their seeds fall
Garden plants attract insects. Garden plants smell bad.
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Wild Plants and Flowers Wild plants grow by themselves. They aren’t planted by people and they don’t need to be looked after to grow. Summer is the best season for spotting wild plants. The warm sunny days of summer help wild plants to grow and flower. Wild plants grow all over the place. A wild plant’s seeds grow wherever they fall. You can find wild plants outside in parks, woodland and the countryside. Sometimes you even find them growing in gaps in the pavement. Common wild plants include: daisies, buttercups, nettles, ivy, thistles, dandelions, clover, brambles and poppies.
Common weeds like dandelions, daisies and buttercups are examples
of wildflowers.
These weeds are often unwelcome visitors in
people’s gardens!
Here is a field full of yellow buttercups.
Bees love the bright
yellow flower of a buttercup.
Folklore says that if you hold a buttercup under your chin and your chin glows yellow, it means
that you like butter!
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Do you remember these plants from Unit 4? Both the clover (shamrock) and the thistle are
wild plants, as well as the national flowers of Ireland and Scotland.
Poppies are wildflowers but people also choose to plant
them in their gardens because of their beautiful
flowers.
Poppies come in different colours but the most
common is red. They have hairy stems.
Brambles are spiky shrubs with thorns that grow
blackberries, raspberries or dewberries.
Ivy can grow up walls, trees and fences, as well
as over the ground.
Common nettles (or stinging nettles) are
considered weeds. But butterflies love them!
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Common Wild Plants Hunt Take the spotter sheet and go on a plant hunt around your local area
Common Wild Plant Observations Record details of four common wild plants that you found.
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Wild Plant Classification Key Use the classification key to identify the names of the four wild plants.
YES
It is a bramble.
It is a poppy.
It is a nettle. It is a dandelion.
Does it have thorns?
NO
Does it have red flowers?
Does it sting?
NO
NO YES
YES
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Wild Plant Classification Key Use the classification key to identify the names of the five wild plants.
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
It is a daisy.
It is ivy. It is clover.
Does it have purple flowers?
Does it have yellow petals?
It is a buttercup.
It is a thistle.
NO
Does it have white petals?
NO
Can it grow up walls?
YES
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Session 5:
Can we identify different types of tree? Key Knowledge Vocabulary
The stem of a tree is known as a trunk and is covered in bark.
When trees flower, their flower is known as blossom.
Different trees can be identified by their leaves.
A deciduous tree is a tree that sheds its leaves in autumn.
An evergreen tree is a tree that has leaves on it all year.
trunk
bark
blossom
leaves
deciduous
evergreen
Knowledge Quiz 5.4
1. Wild plants…
2. Tick the ivy.
3. Tick the buttercups. 4. Tick the wild plant that has thorns.
5. Tick the wild plant that stings.
grow where they are planted grow wherever their seeds fall
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Parts of Trees What parts of this tree can you name? Where are the tree’s roots?
Different Types of Tree
All trees are plants. Just like other plants, trees have roots, leaves and a stem.
A tree’s roots are under the soil. The stem of a tree is known as a trunk and is covered in bark. When trees flower, their flowers are known as blossom.
Deciduous Trees A deciduous tree is a tree that sheds its leaves. Deciduous trees change throughout the year and look different in each season.
In spring, like other plants, deciduous trees grow and make new leaves. In summer they are full of leaves. In the autumn they lose their leaves. In winter they are bare.
The bark on the trunk of a Silver
Birch tree.
The blossom on an apple tree.
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Evergreen Trees An evergreen tree is ‘ever green.’ It is a tree that keeps its leaves on it throughout the year. Evergreen trees make good Christmas trees.
Leaves Different trees can be identified by their leaves. Every tree has different shaped leaves.
Deciduous Trees
Deciduous trees tend to have broad flat leaves, like this
Oak tree leaf. Oak trees also grow acorns.
Evergreen trees tend to have thin needle-like
leaves, like this leaf from a Douglas Fir tree.
English Oak Silver Birch
Weeping Willow
English Elm
Horse Chestnut Sycamore
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Evergreen Trees
Leaf Scavenger Hunt Can you find three different types of leaves? Draw the leaves you find below.
Can you identify the names of the trees, using the identification chart?
Scots Pine
Douglas Fir Holly Tree Blue Atlas Cedar
Yew Tree Norway Spruce
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Session 6:
Why are plants important? Key Knowledge Key Vocabulary
Plants are very important.
Plants create the air we breathe.
Plants can be used to make medicine and materials.
Farmers grow fruit and vegetables. These plants give us food.
We eat different parts of plants: their roots, stems, leaves, flowers, seeds, fruit and bulbs.
air
clothing
cotton
medicine
food
farmer
raw
cooked
pod
Knowledge Quiz 5.5
1. Deciduous trees…
2. Evergreen trees…
3. Which of these trees is evergreen?
4. Is this tree evergreen or deciduous?
5. Which of these leaves is from an oak tree?
keep their leaves all year round. shed their leaves in autumn.
evergreen deciduous
keep their leaves all year round. shed their leaves in autumn.
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Why are Plants Important? Plants are a big part of our world. They are very important as they create the air that we breathe. Without plants, we would not be here! Human beings need plants to survive. Some plants can be used to make clothing. Many of your clothes, such as your T-shirts, are made from a cotton plant.
Other plants can be used to make medicines. Aloe vera is the thick juice of the aloe plant. It is used as an ingredient for lotions and gels that soothe burns, like sunburn. It can also be used for insect stings.
Some plants are cosy homes for animals.
Farmers grow fruit and vegetables. These plants give us food.
Here is a farmer picking cotton on her cotton farm
in India.
Here are some aloe vera plants growing in Spain.
Here is a red squirrel eating a nut in the hollow of a tree, where he lives.
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What parts of a plant do we eat? What is your favourite fruit or vegetable? All fruit and vegetables are parts of plants. Roots Plant roots come in different shapes and sizes. Some roots are long and thin, others are thick and round. Carrots, parsnips, turnips, radishes and beetroots are all root vegetables.
Stems We also eat the stems of many plants, such as asparagus and rhubarb. Although potatoes grow underground, they are actually part of a plant’s stem.
Leaves Plant leaves, such as lettuce are great for making salads. Some plant leaves can be eaten raw. Others, such as cabbage, need to be cooked. Leaves such as chard or spinach can be eaten raw or cooked.
Flowers Cauliflower and broccoli are actually flower buds and if they were left to grow, they would turn into small yellow flowers.
Seeds Seeds are often contained in a case or pod, such as peas. Sometimes we just eat the seeds from these pods, such as peas and broad beans. Sometimes we eat the pod and the seeds, such as French beans or sugarsnap peas.
Fruit We eat the fruit produced by many plants, such as apples and oranges. But did you know that courgettes, tomatoes, aubergines and pumpkins are all fruits too? All these foods contain seeds, which make them a fruit.
Bulbs We also eat bulbs such as onions and garlic. If these bulbs were left to grow they would eventually produce leaves and flowers.
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Sort the foods into the correct category (the part of the plant that we eat). If you’re not sure, add the food to the question mark box.
Challenge: Can you think of your own foods to add to the boxes?
Roots Stems
Leaves Flowers
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French beans potato peas chard
beetroot aubergine tomatoes spinach
courgette lettuce broad beans radish
garlic turnip pumpkin broccoli
asparagus cauliflower onion rhubarb
Seeds Fruit
Bulbs ?
