UNIT 7
PLANTS
Content objectives
Differentiating between animals and plants and understanding that they are living things.
Recognising different types of plants: trees, bushes, grass, plants with flower or without flower.
Recognising the main parts of a plant.
Learning about the nutrition cycle of plants.
Learning about the life cycle of a plant.
Understanding that plants grow from seeds.
Understanding the importance of plants to people.
Showing interest in looking after and respecting nature.
Language objectives
Retelling a sequence of events using the simple present tense of verbs.
Using the verb to have in the present simple form.
Different types of plants: trees, bushes, grass, plants with flower or without flower.
The parts of a plant: root, stem, branches, leaves, flowers, fruit.
The nutrition cycle of a plant: water and minerals, air and sunlight.
Stages in the nutrition cycle of a plant.
Stages in the life cycle of a plant.
Interest in looking after and respecting nature.
Attractive introduction, activation of previous knowledge, linking new knowledge and vocabulary,
restructuring, expanding the learning, emphasizing oral expression, consolidating and review.
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Recognising different types of plants: trees, bushes, grass, plants with flower or without flower.
Recognising the main parts of a plant.
Knowing things that plants need for living.
Sequencing the nutrition cycle of plants.
Understanding the basic stages of the life cycle of a plant.
Showing interest in looking after and respecting nature.
SCIENCE ZONE PRIMARY 1ST CYCLE PLANTS
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA