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What Plants Need to Grow
CONCEPTUALUnderstand that plants need water, light, and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
Mastery Evidence
- Name three things plants need to grow: water, light, suitable temperature
- Predict what happens to a plant kept in the dark, with no water, or in freezing cold
- Describe the results of a simple test comparing plants grown in different conditions
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] explain why a plant on the windowsill grows better than one left in a dark cupboard?”
Curriculum Standards2 alignments
2-LS2-1Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes onlyStandard code — full text not included in this dataset.
Y2.Sci.P.2The national curriculum in EnglandPlant needs for growth
find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
Science · Key Stage 1
Prerequisites1
- What Living Things NeedhardAges 5—7
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- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic survival needs before investigating specific plant growth conditions
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
Unlocks1
- What Plants Need to ThrivehardAges 7—8