What Plants Need to Thrive

CONCEPTUAL

Science›Organisms & Life Processes|Ages 7—8|ID: mt_lutxvMlkwS

Explore and compare the requirements of plants for life and growth: air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow

Mastery Evidence

List five requirements for plant growth: air, light, water, nutrients, space
Explain how needs vary between plants (e.g. cacti need less water than ferns)
Predict what happens when one requirement is removed or limited

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] tell you why a crowded pot of seedlings doesn't grow as well as one with just a few plants?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

Y3.Sci.P.2The national curriculum in England

Requirements for plant life and growth

explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant

Science · Key Stage 2

Prerequisites1

What Plants Need to Grow
hardAges 6—8

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What Plants Need to Grow hard
Must know basic plant needs before exploring how needs vary between plants
- What Living Things Need hard
  Must know basic survival needs before investigating specific plant growth conditions
  - Common Plants & Trees soft
    Knowing plants helps understand what they need
  - Living Things Vocabulary soft
    Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
  - Naming Common Animals soft
    Knowing animals helps understand what they need

Unlocks2

Plants Grow from Air & Water
hardAges 10—11
Photosynthesis
hardAges 11—12