Water Transport in Plants
Investigate how water is transported within plants, using observations such as coloured water being drawn up through a stem
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Trace water’s path in a plant and distinguish a prediction from a recorded colour change.
Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.
Check the learner can follow the model with support before moving on. Source prerequisite ordering is not learner mastery; return to prerequisite work when needed.
Optional: adult-prepared celery stalk or white flower, clear cup, water and a little food colouring; no tasting. Adult handles any cutting. If unavailable, use the diagram task and keep observation pending. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.
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What this lesson covers and its limits
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- partial: Investigate how water is transported within plants, using observations such as coloured water being drawn up through a stem
Physical investigation and white-flower colour change are conditional; no fabricated outcome.
- partial: Describe an investigation using coloured water to track water movement in a plant
Physical investigation and white-flower colour change are conditional; no fabricated outcome.
- partial: Explain that water travels from roots through the stem to the leaves and flowers
Physical investigation and white-flower colour change are conditional; no fabricated outcome.
- partial: Draw or label a diagram showing the path of water through a plant
Physical investigation and white-flower colour change are conditional; no fabricated outcome.
- partial: Has {{name}} seen a white flower turn a different colour in coloured water and been able to explain that the stem carries water up to the petals?
Physical investigation and white-flower colour change are conditional; no fabricated outcome.
Physical investigation and white-flower colour change are conditional; no fabricated outcome.
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Trace water’s path in a plant and distinguish a prediction from a recorded colour change.
Trace water’s path in a plant and distinguish a prediction from a recorded colour change.
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- Describe an investigation using coloured water to track water movement in a plant
- Explain that water travels from roots through the stem to the leaves and flowers
- Draw or label a diagram showing the path of water through a plant
“Has your child seen a white flower turn a different colour in coloured water and been able to explain that the stem carries water up to the petals?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
Standards