Primary Booklet 6 - Plants in their Natural Environment

In looking at the natural environment and more closely at plants in their habitats, children are encouraged to look beyond a single plant, its life cycle and what it needs to grow, and to consider groups of different plants living together in an area, known as the habitat. Children have opportunities to compare habitats and note differences in the plants in each. They may start to ask questions as to how and why the habitats are different, and begin to understand how certain adaptations contribute to making a plant suitable for the habitat. Finally, children consider the feeding relationships between plants and animals and the other ways that they are linked with each other in the habitat.

Primary Booklet 5 - Grouping and Classification

This topic encourages children to explore the nature of living things, and introduces the ideas of classification and making keys. Some activities are presented at two levels - an introductory version that may be suitable for younger children and a version that may be suitable for older children, to help them build on earlier knowledge and develop them further in a more advanced way.

Primary Booklet 4 - Living processes, and what plants need to grow

This booklet includes activities that children can do to find out more about plants. It focuses on ways that children can grow their own plants, from seed and also from other parts of plants. Several of the activities are set out as investigations.

Primary Booklet 3 - Reproduction and Life Cycles - Part 2

Numbers 3 of a series of booklets written to support plant science in the Primary Curriculum. In these booklets, children build on their understanding of the parts of a plant, and look at pollination and fertilisation.

Primary Booklet 2 - Reproduction and Life Cycles - Part 1

Number 1 in an online version of a series of booklets written to support plant science in the Primary Curriculum. This topic introduces pupils to the basic parts of a flowering plant, with a range of fun activities to reinforce pupil learning.

Primary Booklet 1 - Parts of a Plant and their Functions

One of a series of booklets written to support plant science in the Primary Curriculum. This topic introduces pupils to the basic parts of a flowering plant, with a range of fun activities to reinforce pupil learning.

Growing seeds in a plastic bag

An activity for the Foundation Years to KS2 in order to observe seed germination.

Primary Booklet - Grouping and Classification

This booklet and its accompanying resources have been updated to support the new Primary Curriculum.

Sequencing the Life Cycle of Plants

A sequencing activity based on the life cycle of the rapid-cycling Brassica

Respiration and photosynthesis made easy

Useful background information to encourage the correct understanding of the terms respiration and photosynthesis

'Food' in plants

Useful background information to help understand the use of the term “food” when we talk about plants

Making a root move through a maze

A fun way to demonstrate gravitropism, by making the roots of a seedling grow through a maze.

How does light affect growing plants?

This experiment helps pupils understand about light and plant growth, by growing seedlings in three different conditions of light within film cans.

Plants for Primary Pupils Booklets - Overview

An introduction and overview of our six Plants for Primary Pupils booklets, which cover a wide range of topics on primary science, including plenty of opportunities to develop numeracy and literacy skills and to make cross-curricular links.

Identifying Trees & Shrubs

The SAPS online identification guide aim to help you achieve success with plant material that you may encounter in your teaching and learning. These identification guides are suitable for using with a wide age range - from primary through to post-16 as well as adults.

Exploring horse chestnut flowers

KS2 and KS3 pupils can find plenty of interest exploring horse chestnut flowers, including investigating pollination,making predictions, collecting data and trying to find reasons for some of their observations.

Primary Booklet: Reproduction and Life Cycles - Part 1

This booklet and its accompanying resources have been updated to support the new Primary Curriculum.

Primary Booklet: Reproduction and Life Cycles - Part 2

This booklet and its accompanying resources have been updated to support the new Primary Curriculum.

Plants for Primary Pupils - Safety and Copyright

Safety notes for the 'Plants for Primary Pupils' booklet collection.

Primary Booklet: Living Processes, and What Plants Need to Grow

This booklet and its accompanying resources have been updated to support the new Primary Curriculum.