Cluster 1: Growth and Changes in Plants

Discover a set of resources curated to get you ready to discuss sustainable agriculture and food security.

What are the main parts of plants and what functions do these parts serve for plants?

List of hand-on activities connected to plants

Plants have specific needs - light, air, water, nutrients, and space - to survive and reproduce.

Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing, contrasting, sorting and classifying, to investigate how seeds move from place to place.

Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing & contrasting, and communicating as they explore life cycles of familiar plants.

6 images of some seedlings sprouting as one of the stages towards full plant growth

10 images showing some stages of plant growth from planting to sprouts growing to harvesting

15 images of some products created by humans and are made from plants such as shelter, food and clothing

12 images of some major parts of plants such as stems, roots, flowers and leaves

6 images of some seeds which are the fertilized part of a plant used for germinating new plants such as fennel, kiwis and pumpkins

15 images of some shapes and colours of plant leaves such as shamrocks, purple beech tree leaves and Japanese Maple tree leaves.

Do an experiment with celery to learn about the structures that help plants take up water.

8 images of some flowerheads such as roses and water lilies whose outer petals are longer than the petals in the centre of the flower