Year 1 Science Parts of a Plant: lesson and practice

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

• Name the roots, stem, leaves and flower of a plant
• Say what roots, stems and leaves do
• Name the trunk, branches and buds of a tree
• Explain how a flower can make fruit with seeds inside
• Say which part of a plant a food comes from
• Look closely at a plant with a grown-up and say what I can see

You should already know

• Plants around us (Chapter 2): names of common plants and trees
• Which trees keep their leaves all year and which lose them in autumn (Chapter 2)
• Counting to 10 and on from any number

Where this leads

• Animal groups (Chapter 4)
• Seasons and weather (Chapter 9): how plants change through the year