Living things create offspring when they reproduce.

When living things reproduce they create offspring.

A parent plant is a plant that has reproduced and created offspring.

We make observations when we look closely at something and use other senses too.

To record information is to keep it so that it can be passed on to others. This can be done in many ways including notes, photos and drawings.

Plant reproduction from cuttings

Science

In this Reproduction and life cycles: plants unit, pupils learn to describe the life process of reproduction in some plants. In the Evolution and inheritance unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

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

Reproduction and life cycles: plants

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Aisha has taken a cutting from a basil plant and taken photos at the start and after three weeks.
How has her cutting changed?

Plants {{}} to make new plants, or offspring, in different ways.

We can find out more about how plants grow from cuttings by …

a table showing the number of leaves and roots at different times

a photograph of the parent plant before taking a cutting

a labelled diagram of the cutting at the start and after three weeks

a written explanation of how the plant changed each week

Which of these would **not** be a good way to record how a plant has grown over time from a cutting?

Sofia has taken a cutting from a mint plant and recorded her observations over time in a table.
Which statement about her cutting is incorrect?

Growing new plants using cuttings is an example of …

Match the part of the plant to its name. 

Andeep has recorded some information below. What has he created?

Which part of a plant anchors it in the soil and absorbs water and nutrients?

the food plants need that has been made inside its leaves

the young of a living thing that have been made through reproduction

the habitat that living things grow, reproduce and live in

Plants can create offspring in different ways. What are offspring?

What do we call a plant that has reproduced and created offspring?

What do we do when we record information?

Content guidance

Exploration of objects

Adult supervision recommended

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

Plant reproduction from cuttings

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

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