Unit 3 B Helping Plants Grow Well Helping

Unit 3 B: Helping Plants Grow Well Helping plants grow well Unit 3 B: Helping Plants Grow Well T

Unit 3 B: Vocabulary slide Yellow some plants appear yellow if they are not healthy Pale a plant with no colour will look pale. Thin like the legs on your school chair Spindly thin and often crooked Unit 3 B: Vocabulary V

Unit 3 B: Plants for Food carrots onion leek pumpkin peas lettuce tomato potatoes Why is it important for plants to grow well? Unit 3 B: Plants for Food: L. O. 1: N. C. ?

Unit 3 B: Do Plants need leaves to grow? What parts make up a plant? leaves stem roots Unit 3 B: Do Plants need leaves to grow? L. O. 2, 3, 4, 5: N. C D

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

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

Unit 3 B: What does the stem do? Celery Xylem tubes (like tiny drainpipes) Coloured water Unit 3 B: What do the roots do? L. O. 6, 7, 8, 9: N. C. D

Unit 3 B: Summary Healthy plant Unhealthy plant Unit 3 B: Summary: L. O. 10 S

Unit 3 B: Water, water everywhere We know plants need water to be healthy. But can they have too much water? No water 5 cm 3 50 cm 3 20 cm 3 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 Day 1 water Day 3 Day 5 Day 7 Day 9 no water 5 cm 3 20 cm 3 50 cm 3 Unit 3 B: Water, water everywhere: L. O. 11, 12, 13 I

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

Unit 3 B: How much evidence do we need? After 10 2 days 4 6 days Unit 3 B: How much evidence do we need? L. O. 14: N. C. D

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

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

Unit 3 B: Plants and Light Paving stone Healthy grass Unhealthy grass Unit 3 B: Plants and light: L. O. 15, 16: N. C. D

Unit 3 B: 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 3 B: Plants and Temperature: L. O. 17, 18, 19, 20: N. C. I

Unit 3 B: Summary take in through roots transported through stem too much damages plant can provide food water plants Helping plants grow well temperature some grown just for this need healthy roots leaves stem growth light Unit 3 B: Summary S