Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1)

Unit 1B: Growing plants
Section 5: Watering plants

Objectives

Children should learn:

to make careful observations of the plants and to record these in a simple chart or table provided for them
to conclude that plants need water to grow

Activities		Outcomes
		Children:
Show children some wilting, planted seedlings or small plants and ask children to suggest how to revive them. If necessary, prompt by asking them to feel how dry the soil is. Once water is suggested, help them to think how to carry out a test in which some plants are watered and some are not. Remind children of earlier work and ask them what they will observe. Help children to record their observations in a chart or table and to decide what these show.		present results by writing or drawing in a table or chart prepared for them use the results of their experiment to show that plants need water to grow eg by saying the ones we didn't water died but the others stayed green

Points to note

If children have grown their own seedlings, some could be used for this activity.

At this stage it is not necessary to complicate the water/no water comparison by considering other factors. Simply ensure the watered and non-watered plants are left in the same place.

At this stage it is helpful to children to treat the two factors, water and light, separately. Grown cress from the supermarket can be used for this activity. A tray can be cut in half and one half kept in the light and the other in the dark. Results can be seen within a week.

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	1. Introduction
	2. Finding plants
	3. Watching plants grow
	4. Plants for our food
	5. Watering plants
	6. Plants and light
	7. Living and artificial plants
	8. Review

Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1)

Objectives

Activities

Outcomes

Points to note

Sections in this unit