Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 6)
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation
Section 3: Fertiliser
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Objectives |
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- that fertilisers are often added to soils to provide plants with the nutrients they need
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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- Show children some packaging from fertilisers or 'plant food' or labels from house or garden plants and ask them to suggest why fertilisers are needed. Explain that plants take in nutrients as well as water through their roots but that very small quantities of these are needed. Ask children to think about how animals obtain food for growth and discuss the differences between this life process in plants and animals.
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- state that plants and animals obtain food for growth in different ways
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Points to note |
 SAFETY - Children should not handle plant fertiliser.
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