Module 5: More vegetable life-cycles and
‘The Carrot Top Mystery’
- Vegetables present a rich and varied source of plants for the study of plant life cycles. Ideas are presented that encourage group work.
- Children can build on their knowledge and understanding from module 4 and follow other vegetable lifecycles.
- They collect first hand evidence (from the school or other gardens) or second hand evidence from seed packets, the internet and books to explain the sequence of events.
- An Ideas and Evidence activity is included to assess children’s understanding of real world situation
- Introduction
- Module 1 Thinking about edible plants
- Module 2 Looking closely at seeds
- Module 3 Profiling a vegetable
- Module 4 Plant life-cycles
- Module 5 More vegetable life-cycles and
‘The Carrot Top Mystery’ - Module 6 Bees visit flowers
- Module 7 Bee enquiry
- Module 8 Pea life-cycle mystery
- Module 9 Parts of a plant and their functions
- Module 10 Identifying fruits and vegetables from evidence
- Module 11 Healthy eating and sustainability
- Module 12 Scientists sort plants into ‘families’ (Botanic Garden)