Plants - Year 3

Plants - Year 3

Year 3 science programme of study - Plants:

• identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
• explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant
• investigate the way in which water is transported within plants
• explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal

This KS2 science teaching resource is an engaging PowerPoint presentation with 13 worksheets introducing the topic of plants. It has been designed to use in lessons covering the year 3 science curriculum objectives listed above.

Content includes:

• The parts of a plant and its functions
• Labeling activity and accompanying worksheet
• Parts of a plant quiz and accompanying worksheet
• Design your own plant activity and accompanying worksheet
• What plants need to stay healthy and grow (water, air, nutrients, sunlight and room to grow)
• A look at how different plants have varying requirements for these things
• Desert plants and how they survive
• Growing experiment and discussion of a fair experiment - accompanying worksheet
• Design a poster activity about plant requirements and care
• Water transportation in plants
• Science activity and accompanying worksheet
• Water transportation in plants activity and worksheet
• What is the life cycle of a flowering plant (seed, germination, growing stage, pollination, fertilisation, seed dispersal)
• The life cycle of a flowering plant worksheet
• Plant reproduction, taking a closer look at pollination and fertilisation
• Plant reproduction worksheet
• Pollination quiz with accompanying worksheet
• Pollination activity and accompanying worksheets
• What is seed dispersal and the different methods (wind, animal, water, explosion)
• Seed dispesral quiz and accompanying worksheet
• Plants worksheets to assess knowledge of topics covered with answers
• Useful links throughout

‘Plants’ is completely editable so teachers are able to adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs.