In the learning activity, ‘Growth Industry’ students use scale drawings to calculate the most economical way of building different sized greenhouses. They use a grid to support their thinking and give reasons for their answers. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Bean There’, features the results of a science project tracking the growth of beans using two different plant foods. Students use a computer graphing program to create a time-series graph from the data and then design and conduct their own plant food experiment. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes …More
This learning activity, ‘Flower Power’, features a garden of flowers. Students must feed each flower a single operation that relates the numbers on its petals to the number in its centre. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This history article, ‘Kew Gardens’ features the famous botanical gardens located in London, England. It provides factual information about the gardens that formed more than 250 years ago, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This life science worksheet, ‘Roots and Shoots’ provides students with an experiment to observe the way seeds grow. It supports an understanding of plants.
This life science worksheet, ‘Seeds and Water’ provides students with an experiment to determine how much water seeds need. It supports an understanding of plants.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Eden Project: Bringing the Outdoors Inside’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the Eden Project. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions, form opinions and make predictions and comparisons.
This life science worksheet, ‘Vegetables’ asks students to identify edible plants and where they grow. It supports an understanding of plants.
This life science worksheet, ‘What Helps Beans to Grow?’ provides students with an experiment to observe the conditions needed for bean seeds to grow. It supports an understanding of plants.
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