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Play Plant Lab
Explore seeds, bulbs and healthy plant growth using example observations and measurements. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Practise part of this topic: interpret supplied plant observations and think about healthy growth. This supports discussion but does not replace growing and observing real plants.
Year 2 · Science
Water, light and temperature for growth
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Focus on what plants need to grow - light water and warmth. Open support for “Explore What is Needed To Grow a Healthy Plant”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 2 learners practise what plants need to grow - light water and warmth.
The activities include Explore What is Needed To Grow a Healthy Plant, Explore What Plants Need To Grow, Identify the Signs of a Healthy or Unhealthy Plant, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, interactive, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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How plants grow and stay healthy
Match plant parts, compare seeds and bulbs, plan a safe seed start and use supplied evidence about germination and later growth. Includes honest observation, fair comparisons and cautious conclusions with adult guidance; selected skills, not complete topic mastery.
7 pages · answers and adult guidance · selected skills, not the whole topic
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- Explore What is Needed To Grow a Healthy Plant — support from Oak National Academy
- Explore What Plants Need To Grow — support from Oak National Academy
- Identify the Signs of a Healthy or Unhealthy Plant — support from Oak National Academy
- Investigate How Plants Grow From Seeds — support from Oak National Academy
- Investigate What is Needed To Grow a Healthy Plant — support from Oak National Academy
- Investigate What Plants Need To Grow — support from Oak National Academy
- Recognise Healthy Plants — support from Oak National Academy
- Recognise the Best Conditions for Growing Seeds — support from Oak National Academy
- Recognise the Signs of a Healthy or Unhealthy Plant — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand How Plants Grow From Seeds — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand The Process of How Plants Grow From Seeds — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand What is Needed to Grow a Healthy Plant — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand What Plants Need To Grow — support from Oak National Academy
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Plant Health And Growth
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What Plants Need To Grow And Stay Healthy
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Plants From Seeds
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Science: Plants: What Do Plants Need? Year 2 Lesson 6
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Science: Plants: How Do Seeds Start to Grow? Year 2 Lesson 4
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