Newton International Schools

Medium Term Planning

Subject : SCIENCE: PLANTS Resources: Assessment Activities: Term: 2 Year Group: 2 Vocabulary Required: A collection of seeds and small plant pots Know general terms for plants such as plant weed flower Flowers for demonstrations Formative assessment throughout tree Whiteboards and whiteboard pens Play dough Summative assessment To know different parts of a plant such as Stem, root, PowerPoint flower, seeds, leaves Video stimulus Termly exam secondary sources eg video, CD-ROM showing adults and young in a range Know terms for a plants food such as water, temperature of animals Elicit information through and sunlight Pictures of plants in flower and with fruits and seeds eg apple trees, tomato discussion and investigative plants, horse chestnut trees, dandelions, peas, beans activities. Know terms for where we find plants and where they soil, compost, sand, absorbent paper • transparent containers for growing grow such as soil meadow flower pots flower beds. seed without soil End of unit - “Who wants to be a millionaire” Words and phrases relating to life processes eg produce new plants, produce young, reproduce

Names for animals eg worm, snail, fly, robin names for plants eg daisy, dandelion, oak tree

Expressions to describe location eg within, under, next to comparative expressions.

Duration Topic Objectives Comment

Pupils should be known, 2 Introduction to plants and where they come from. and describe how seeds grow into mature plants. Understand that we plant a seed and water it to make it grow

Pupils should understand : 2 Planting a seed How a plant turns from a seed into a plant above the ground The changes a seed makes to become a plant

1 | P a g e An international community of learners striving for excellence and celebrating success Pupils should be able to: 2 What a plant is made up of Identify and name a variety of plants and label the parts of a plant.

Pupils should understand: 2 Plant life cycles The lifecycle of a plant

Pupils should know : 2 Flowers spreading their seeds The different ways flowers spread their seeds.

Pupils should know: 2 How a plant makes seeds What animals spread pollen Pollen is used so plants can produce other plants.

2 | P a g e An international community of learners striving for excellence and celebrating success