Medium Term Planning
Subject : Science
Term: 2
Duration: 5 weeks Year Group: 1 / Resources:
Plant pots, cress seeds, compost. IWB, paint, paper, pens. Paint, labels, paper, worksheet. Sunflower cycle worksheets. Plant pots, compost, bean seeds, watering can. Tinned tomatoes, sweet corn, beans. Pictures. / Cross-curricular links:
PSHE – healthy eating.
Literacy – Jack and the beanstalk (Fantasy stories), labelling and instructions.
Design Technology – Eat more fruit and vegetables
Numeracy- counting beans/seeds
PE- runner beans/jumping beans. / Assessment Activities:
Teacher observations, Self-assessment, peer assessment, Summative Assessment
Vocabulary Required:
Plants, grow, water, compost, soil, stem, flower, leaves, roots, sun, dark, seeds, bud, food, fruit, vegetables, environment, care, trees, grass, green, plant pots.
Duration / Topic / Objectives / Comment
1 week / Growing Plants / · To understand that there are different plants in the environment and understand where they grow.
· To understand what a plant is.
2 weeks / Growing Plants / · To be able to show that seeds grow into flowering plants. (Sc2/3c)
· To investigate what plants need to grow (Sc2/3a).
· To be able to plant their own seeds.
· To be able to care for the environment.
· To be able to name the parts of a plant. (Sc2/3b)
2 weeks / Growing Plants / · To understand how sunflower seeds grow.
· To understand and be able to explain the lifecycle of a seed using various activities.
1 weeks / Growing Plants / · To be able to identify plants in the local environment. (Sc2/5a)
· To understand that plants provide food for humans. (Sc2/ 2b)
· To understand why humans need to grow plants.
· To draw conclusions about previous investigations.
· To understand that artificial plants are not living.
3 weeks / Seasonal changes / · To understand that the sun gives us daylight.
· To understand that the suns movement across the sky changes during the year.
· To understand that the sun is dangerous and know how to protect ourselves from it.
2 weeks / Seasonal changes / · To be able to identify the months/ features of autumn.
· To be able to recognise the differences between autumn and summer.
· To be able to identify the months/ features of winter.
· To be able to recognise the differences between winter and spring.
1 weeks / Seasonal changes / · To be able to recognise the signs of the different seasons.
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