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Plants without warmth

You can find out and describe what happens when plants do not have warmth.

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Year 2

Plants without warmth

You can find out and describe what happens when plants do not have warmth.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Plants are living things, they need warmth to grow, stay alive and keep healthy.
  2. A plant without warmth may not grow fully and could eventually die.
  3. Changes in plant growth can be compared and described using observation skills.
  4. Different plants grow in different temperatures around the world.
  5. Unhealthy plants without warmth can sometimes be recovered within a short period of time.

Common misconception

Pupils may think the warmer the plant, the better it grows and the healthier it is.

Show that different plants need different amounts of warmth, and to expose a plant to high or low temperatures could cause it damage

Keywords

  • Plant - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.

  • Warmth - The Sun gives us warmth, so that we can live at just the right temperature

  • Temperature - Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is.

  • Suitable - Something that is suitable is just right.

  • Compare - When we compare, we look at what is the same and what is different about at least two things.

Pupils will be observing the plants growing without warmth since lesson 3. They will compare these to the plants growing with everything (water, warmth and light). They will add today's observations without warmth to their chosen method from lesson 4
Teacher tip

Equipment

Thermometer, equipment for their chosen method of recording (iPads, drawing materials etc.)

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is not a season?
spring
summer
Correct answer: September
autumn
winter
Q2.
Which season often has the lowest temperatures?
spring
summer
autumn
Correct answer: winter
Q3.
Which season often has the highest temperatures?
spring
Correct answer: summer
autumn
winter
Q4.
I put seeds on a paper towel in a sunny place but they did not grow. Which statement might explain why?
Correct answer: The seeds had no water.
The seeds had no plant pot.
The seeds had no warmth.
Q5.
I can grow a daffodil from a bulb without soil. What must the bulb have to grow into a plant?
An image in a quiz
trowel
garden
Correct answer: water
Q6.
A botanist is a scientist who finds out more about .
Correct Answer: plants, plant

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6 Questions

Q1.
We measure temperature in ℃ but what does this stand for?
circle Celsius
round Celsius
Correct answer: degrees Celsius
Q2.
Sofia observed her mum cut the grass every week in the summer but never in the winter. Why do you think is?
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Correct answer: Grass stops growing in winter when it is colder.
It is too dark in winter to cut the grass.
The tools to cut the grass are locked in the shed in winter.
Q3.
What can happen to the roots of a plant without warmth?
The roots grow longer.
Correct answer: The roots stop growing.
The roots grow sideways.
Q4.
Match what happened to the plants with the temperature they were growing in.
Correct Answer:very cold ,Plant has stopped growing and died.

Plant has stopped growing and died.

Correct Answer:cold,Plant is wilting, some leaves have dropped off.

Plant is wilting, some leaves have dropped off.

Correct Answer:warm ,Healthy plant with tall stem and green leaves.

Healthy plant with tall stem and green leaves.

Q5.
Why do very few plants grow in Antarctica?
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Correct answer: It is too cold.
It is too hot.
It is too far away.
Q6.
An unhealthy plant is brought to a warm place, after it had been growing in the cold. After a few weeks, new buds appeared on the plant. What does this tell us?
The plant has stopped growing.
Correct answer: The plant is beginning to grow leaves and flowers again.
The plant is dead.