Soil is ground up rock mixed up with plant and animal remains.

Anything which is alive or was once alive is organic.

A nutrient is any substance that plants or animals need in order to live or grow.

A substance containing nutrients that we can add to soil to make it better for growing plants.

Something that is human-made is made or caused by humans.

Nutrients and fertilisers for plants (non-statutory)

Science

In this What plants do and what they need unit, pupils learn about the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants. In the Reproduction and life cycles unit: plants, they will build on this knowledge to describe the life process of reproduction in some plants

In the Growing plants unit, pupils learnt that plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. In this What plants do and what they need unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to explore a greater number of requirements of plants for life and growth and how they vary from plant to plant

What plants do and what they need

To grow well, plants need {{}} from soil.

All plants can grow in sandy soil because it is full of nutrients.

Some plants may struggle to grow in certain types of soil.

All plants are able to grow in any type of soil.

They can help them grow bigger and be more healthy.

They can provide the plant with more sunlight.

{{}} fertilisers are better for the environment than human-made fertilisers, which can damage the habitats they are used in.

Which part of the plant usually grows beneath the soil?

organic matter, air, water and tiny pieces of rock

organic matter, mud, dirt and small pieces of plastic

insects, water, plants and tiny pieces of rock

Soil is just another word for ‘dirt’.

Which of these statements about soil is correct?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Nutrients and fertilisers for plants (non-statutory)

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.