Free teacher web sites for Science topic ‘Life - Plants’

Create your very own forest and discover more about habitats.

External link: Build a forest

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A great, simple site by Diane Hawkins which explains what each part of the flower does. ie Sepals, stamens and carpel.

External link: Explanation of parts of a flowering plant.

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Growing plants. A great NWN presentation to support lower KS2.

External link: Growing plants

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Seed growth, parts of a flower and seed dispersal are included in this wonderful BGFL website. We love the animations demonstrating seed dispersal. Parts of a flower work like a jigsaw. Wonderful! Ideal for KS2.

External link: How plants reproduce

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Label the flower. Ideal for upper KS2. Ideal for flower dissection when using a microscope and when teaching about plant reproduction.
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External link: Label the flower

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A very simple quiz about the life cycle of a plant. Great for quick revision.

External link: Life cycle of a plant - quiz

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This super website introduces plants. Covers parts of a plant, plants we eat, what plants need and biodiversity.

External link: Naturegrid plants

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You can label each part of a flower with this fantastic BBC site. Includes more than just the standard parts of a plant. For upper KS2 pupils.

External link: Parts of a flower

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Download the free program that features 'vegetable or fruit?' Match shadows to leaves, label a tree, spell the parts of a plant and order the life cycle. There's something for everyone here.

External link: Plant activities

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Couldn't be easier. Roots, stem, flower. You get the picture. A lovely Crick resource.

External link: Plant parts

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A great spreadsheet quiz. Type your answer in and it self corrects. Ideal for a plenary in KS2.

External link: Plant quiz

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Seed dispersal, life cycle diagram and explanations on the parts of the flower add to make a wonderful Crick resource that children will enjoy using.

External link: Plant reproduction based activities

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Look in closer, real photographs of plants. Beautiful pictures.

External link: Plants close up

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Terrific collection of stop-motion footage of plants growing, moving towards light sources, roots developing etc. Actually pretty hard to beat - we only wish the film sizes were slightly larger. But they will still be fine on an interactive white board.
Do make sure you have QuickTime installed (visit the Apple web site.

External link: Plants in Motion

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Find out about plant reproduction, some features require a password, still a good resource.

External link: Pollen park

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This Potato Council site contains two sets of photos. The first set is the one you want - Potato Growing Stages. The images show the different stages of potato growth – seed potatoes, chitting, sprouting, development of leaves, growth of tubers and the crop.
Be aware that to get the full size images you must download the ZIP archive and unZIP this on your own computer.
Very useful for making your own presentations and worksheets etc, not to mention having your class do some nice drag'n'drop sequencing in your whiteboard software.

External link: Potato Growth Photos

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Seeds germinating, roots growing and flowers opening are all captured in these wonderful yet simple movies. Lovely for any plant project.

External link: Time lapse movies of plants

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What do plants need to grow? A great powerpoint from ICTeachers.

External link: What do plants need to grow?

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Looking at how trees help us in the way we live our lives.

External link: What do trees do?

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We like this simulation of a plant growing. No replacement for the fun of the real thing - but maybe a useful reminder.

External link: What plants need to grow

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We were initially unsure of this resource when we saw the word "drink". But apart from the opening slide, it provides a good presentation - explaining what the parts of the plant do. We like the way the animation shows water and minerals being transported around the plant.

External link: What plants need to grow for Ks2

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