Growing plants

For grown-ups: this lesson in words

Year 2 · Science

Growing plants: I can say how plants grow and what they need.

1. New plants grow from seeds or from bulbs.

   Sunflowers and beans grow from seeds.

   Tulips and daffodils grow from bulbs.

   Picture: Sorting into 2 groups: Seeds, Bulbs. Seeds: Sunflower seed (seed), Bean seed (seed). Bulbs: Tulip bulb (bulb), Daffodil bulb (bulb).

2. First, the seed grows a root.

   Next, a shoot grows up.

   Then come leaves, and last, a flower!

   Picture: A sequence called A sunflower grows with 5 stages, in order: Seed, then Seed grows a root, then Shoot (a picture of a seedling), then Leaves (a picture of a leaf), then Flower.

3. Your turn: One stage is hidden. What grows after the root?

   Picture: A sequence called A sunflower grows with 4 stages, in order: Seed grows a root, then a hidden stage marked ?, then Leaves (a picture of a leaf), then Flower.

   Choose one:

   • Shoot: seedling
   • Flower: sunflower

   Answer

   The answer: Shoot

   A shoot. It grows up after the root.

   Picture: A sequence called A sunflower grows with 5 stages, in order: Seed, then Seed grows a root, then Shoot (a picture of a seedling), then Leaves (a picture of a leaf), then Flower.

Words to know

seed:

A small part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.

bulb:

A round part that is planted in the soil and grows into a new plant.

root:

The part of a plant that grows down into the soil and takes in water.

shoot:

The first green part of a new plant that grows up.

temperature:

How hot or cold something is.

fair test:

A test where we change only one thing.