Year 2 Plants

Take your class outdoors to explore and investigate the plants and seeds growing in your school grounds, combining hands-on observation with recording and technology. Pupils will deepen their understanding of plant growth, bulbs, and seeds through planting, documenting, and ongoing investigations that make science active, memorable, and year-long.

Lesson Plans

Identifying different plants

Get to know the plants in your own outdoor area with this outdoor science lesson. Combining science and technology your class will explore and document the flora growing around your school grounds.

Learning objective:

To identify different plants.

Observing mature plants

This outdoor science lesson will provide hands-on learning experiences that will stay with your class all year round. Observing plants and fruits first-hand to deepen their understanding of bulbs and seeds.

Learning objective:

To observe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.

Observing how seeds grow

Combine science and movement in this outdoor lesson to explore how a plant grows from a seed and plant your own seeds to observe over the coming weeks.

Learning objective:

To observe how plants grow from seeds.

Investigating how healthy plants grow

The science investigation in this outdoor lesson will continue for a couple of weeks whilst your plants grow and your children’s theories are proven or disproven!

Learning objective:

To investigate the resources needed for a healthy plant to grow.

Understanding that different seeds grow into different plants

During this outdoor science lesson your children will explore different types of seeds and learn to identify some common seeds. This lesson presents another opportunity for some planting and growing activities.

Learning objective:

To understand that different seeds grow into different plants.

Before you get started

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