Year 5 - Living things

Take your Year 5 science outdoors to learn about the life cycles of plants and animals, including both sexual and asexual reproduction of plants. As part of this unit they will use observation skills, identify and group plants, and use models to show what they have learned. An engaging and practical unit that your children will remember!

Lesson Plans

Studying life cycles in the environment

During this active outdoor lesson, your children will explore their outdoor area and investigate the similarities and differences of lifecycles found there.

Learning objective:

To describe the differences in life cycles in the local environment.

Describing the reproduction of plants

In this practical outdoor lesson, your children will get hands on with plants to investigate their reproduction process. An engaging lesson that gives them the opportunity to use scientific equipment.

Learning objective:

To describe the processes of reproduction in plants.

Describing asexual reproduction in plants

Deepen your children’s understanding of asexual reproduction in plants with this practical outdoor lesson. Children will take cuttings from plants, planting them in soil and make predictions about their growth.

Learning objective:

To describe the process of asexual reproduction in plants.

Learning about the work of naturalists

Bringing together the children’s knowledge from the previous lessons in this unit and of famous scientists who studied lifecycles in plants and animals, this engaging outdoor lesson will support the children to become scientists themselves and present their findings to their peers.

Learning objective:

To find out about the work of naturalists and animal behaviourists.

Before you get started

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