KS1 Science textbook

Year 1 Science Plants Around Us: lesson and practice

  • Strand Plants
  • Level Year 1
  • Practice 90 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 science, Year 1. Content: Identify and name common wild and garden plants, Identify and name deciduous and evergreen trees, How deciduous trees change through the year.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Name some wild plants, such as a daisy, a dandelion and a buttercup
  • Name some garden and spring flowers, such as a tulip and a daffodil
  • Name a tree by looking at its leaves
  • Say which trees lose their leaves in autumn and which stay green all year
  • Describe how a tree changes through the year
  • Look at plants safely: look, do not pick, and never eat any plant or berry

You should already know

  • Living things and things that are not alive (Reception)
  • Looking closely with a magnifying glass (Chapter 1: Being a scientist)

Where this leads

  • Parts of a plant (Chapter 3)
  • Animal groups (Chapter 4)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 2.1 Plants all around us · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  2. 2.2 Flowers in the grass · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  3. 2.3 Garden and spring flowers · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  4. 2.4 Trees that lose their leaves · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  5. 2.5 Trees that stay green · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  6. 2.6 Trees through the year · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  7. Summary and key words
  8. Check-up and end-of-chapter quiz · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)

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