ScienceOrganisms & Life ProcessesAges 6–8
What Plants Need to Grow
Understand that plants need water, light, and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
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Can your child explain why a plant on the windowsill grows better than one left in a dark cupboard?
Understand that plants need water, light, and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
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What Plants Need to GrowConceptual concept
Check understanding
- Name three things plants need to grow: water, light, suitable temperature
- Predict what happens to a plant kept in the dark, with no water, or in freezing cold
- Describe the results of a simple test comparing plants grown in different conditions
“Can your child explain why a plant on the windowsill grows better than one left in a dark cupboard?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 6–8
Standards
ngss-k5:2-LS2-1uk-nc-2013:Y2.Sci.P.2