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Beyond the classroom

Consider using these resources with students outside of lessons, perhaps with your science or gardening club.

Noticing Variation in Plants
Suitability:

11-14

14-16

post-16
Topics

Evolution

Variation and natural selection
Making a Willow Arch
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

How plants grow

Primary
Making a Model Brassica Flower & Seed
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

How plants grow

Parts of a plant

Primary
The Sultana Game – Understanding Fruit and Seed Dispersal
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

Food chains

Requirements for life
Making a Propagator
Suitability:

7-11
Topics

How plants grow

Requirements for life
Growing Geraniums (Pelargoniums) from Cuttings
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

How plants grow
Growing Potatoes in a Bucket
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

Agriculture and farming

How plants grow
Making Hanging Baskets
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

How plants grow
Making a Portable Pond
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

Food chains

Habitats
Gardening for Primary Schools – suggestions for investigations
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

Adaptation

Food chains

How plants grow

Primary

Requirements for life

Soils

Water transport
Making a Compost Column
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

Primary

Soils
Build an aphid isolation tower
Suitability:

4-7

7-11
Topics

How plants grow

Primary
Supermarket Science – Graphs with Egg Box Cress
Suitability:

4-7
Topics

How plants grow

Primary