Plants at Primary Level
A list of resources to aid the teaching of seeds and plants at primary level.
Find out about the parts of a flower, sort seedlings, grow sunflowers and watch clips about plants on a short video.
Seeds and Plant Growth Discovery Pack
An easy to follow list of activities realted to seeds and plant growth.
All the activities can be used to encourage children to care for and appreciate living things and to think about the world around them.
Plants *suitable for home teaching*
A colourful presentation on parts of plants and on methods of seed dispersal. This also includes a quiz and starting points for further investigations on growing plants. It is accompanied by a worksheet and answers.
Green World
A video showing five short clips that look at how plants adapt to their environments and how they're essential to our lives. The clips show:
The conditions plants need to survive.
Photosynthesis.
An organic farmer harvesting edible plant parts.
How plants produce oxygen.
Where paper comes from, forestry sustainability and the importance of recycling.
Grow Sunflowers, Make Plant Pots *suitable for home teaching*
Find out about the uses of sunflowers, discuss sustainability and grow sunflowers.
This activity can be done at home or in school and allows children to care for and watch sunflowers grow. The activity sheet provides full instructions. There are also ideas for further activities.
Seeds and Seedlings
An older resource which contains some excellent ideas for enquiry based around seeds and growing seedlings.
Develop thinking skills whilst sorting seeds into groups, measure the growth of seedlings, investigate the best conditions for germination and plant growth.
This resource has many starting points for scientific enquiry within this topic.
BBC schools Parts of a flower
The ever popular BBC schools website. In this interactive clip chidren label parts of a flower.
The Plant Detective
Find out about the different parts of a plant and flower and their functions. Suitable for upper KS2 'The Plant Detective' looks at Reproduction, Photosynthesis and Adaptation.