Unit 3B: Helping Plants Grow Well

Helping plants grow well

Unit 3B: Helping Plants Grow Well

Unit 3B: Vocabulary slide

Yellow Pale
Thin

some plants appear yellow if they are not healthy

a plant with no colour will look pale. like the legs on your school chair

Spindly

thin and often crooked

Unit 3B:Vocabulary

Unit 3B: Plants for Food

carrots onion

leek

pumpkin

peas tomato

potatoes

lettuce

Why is it important for plants to grow well?

Unit 3B: Plants for Food: L.O. 1: N.C.

Unit 3B: Do Plants need leaves to grow?

What parts make up a plant? leaves

stem

roots

Unit 3B: Do Plants need leaves to grow? L.O. 2, 3, 4, 5: N.C

Unit 3B: Do plants need leaves to grow?

We have a number of geraniums. How do you think we can use them to see if the leaves are needed for the plant to grow?

How can we measure how much each plant grows?

How can we record these results? Can you put these into a chart or graph? What do your results tell you?
Unit 3B: Do Plants need leaves to grow? L.O. 2, 3, 4, 5: N.C

Unit 3B: What do the roots do?

What do the roots do?

Rain falls and soaks into the ground Water travels up the stem to the leaves
Roots soak up the rainwater

Unit 3B: What do the roots do? L.O. 6, 7, 8, 9: N.C.

Unit 3B: What does the stem do?

What does the stem do?

Celery

Xylem tubes

(like tiny drainpipes)

Coloured water D

Unit 3B: What do the roots do? L.O. 6, 7, 8, 9: N.C.

Unit 3B: Summary

Healthy plant

Unhealthy plant

Unit 3B: Summary: L.O. 10

Unit 3B: Water, water everywhere

We know plants need water to be healthy. But can they have too much water?

5 50 cm3 20 cm3 cm3 Do you think that each of the seeds will grow the same if you add the amounts of water each day? We will measure the plants every 2 days
Amount of water no water 5 cm3 Day 1 Day 3 Day 5 Day 7 Day 9

No water

20 cm3
50 cm3
Unit 3B: Water, water everywhere: L.O. 11, 12, 13

Unit 3B: Water, water everywhere

Do all the seeds grow the same? Can too much water be added to a plant? What evidence do you have for this? How did you keep the test fair? I

Unit 3B: Water, water everywhere: L.O. 11, 12, 13

Unit 3B: How much evidence do we need?

How much evidence do we need?

After 10 2 days 4 6 days

Unit 3B: How much evidence do we need? L.O. 14: N.C.

Unit 3B: How much evidence do we need?

How many seeds do you think we should use? Why do you think this? How many days do you think is enough days? Why do you think this?

Unit 3B: How much evidence do we need? L.O. 14: N.C.

Unit 3B: Plants and Light

Unit 3B: Plants and light: L.O. 15, 16: N.C.

Unit 3B: Plants and Light

Paving stone Healthy grass

Unhealthy grass D

Unit 3B: Plants and light: L.O. 15, 16: N.C.

Unit 3B: Plants and Temperature

Plants and Temperature

Fridge

Room temperature

Greenhouse

Which room is warmest? Which plant do you think will grow the best? Would this be a fair test?
Unit 3B: Plants and Temperature: L.O. 17, 18, 19, 20: N.C.

Unit 3B: Summary

take in through roots transported through stem too much damages plant

can provide food

water

plants

some grown just for this roots leaves stem

Helping plants grow well

need healthy

temperature
growth light
Unit 3B: Summary