Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 6)

• recognise that the plant will grow healthily once it is returned to the light by making a prediction eg its leaves will turn green and it will begin to grow stronger after a few days
• make relevant observations which provide information about how the plant is growing

• state that plants and animals obtain food for growth in different ways

• use a suitable key to identify a number of plants and animals found in a local habitat

• identify ways in which the animals depend on plants eg for food, shelter, shade and ways in which the plants need animals eg provide fertiliser for the soil, help to disperse seeds

• construct a food chain eg rosebush - greenfly - ladybird and explain it eg this means the greenflies feed on the rosebush and the ladybirds feed on the greenflies
• explain why plants are essential to food chains eg plants grow using air and water, they don't eat other things

• recognise that different plants grow well in different conditions
• produce a drawing showing nutrients and water being taken in by the root and the root anchoring the plant in the soil

• describe observed differences between the soils
• identify characteristics that would suit a soil-living animal eg air spaces, dampness, plant material and explain why these are important

• name some animals and plants found in the habitat
• identify features of animals and plants which make them suited to their habitat eg long legs for wading birds, bladders to make seaweed float

• sequence food chains within a habitat including a plant as a producer and using the arrow convention correctly