Common flowering plants
I can identify and name some common flowering plants.
Common flowering plants
I can identify and name some common flowering plants.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Some plants have flowers.
- Flowers can be different colours, shapes and sizes.
- Flowering plants can be looked at closely and compared using observation skills.
- Common flowering plants can be identified and named using simple secondary sources of information.
Common misconception
Children may think that all plants have flowers all year round and that all flowers look the same.
Examples of plants at different times of year, with and without flowers. Examples of plants with different colours/shape/sizes of flowers.
Keywords
Plants - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.
Flowers - A flower is the part of a plant that makes it able to reproduce.
Common - Something that happens in large numbers or you see it a lot.
Observe - To observe is to look very closely and use other senses too.
Identify - To identify something is to be able to name it correctly.
Equipment
Access to area with flowering plants, worksheet, non-fiction plant books & plant identification app.
Content guidance
- Exploration of objects
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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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Starter quiz
6 Questions
looking closely at something
being able to name something correctly
asking what is the same and what is different
Exit quiz
6 Questions
This flower has big red petals and is black in the middle.
This flower is small and blue.
This flower has white, pointed petals.
This flower is big with pointed, yellow petals.