Module 8: Pea life-cycle mystery
- An Ideas and Evidence activity.
- The pea mystery assesses whether children can apply knowledge they have learned in this unit; knowledge of life cycles and pollination are reviewed.
- Children have to consider the interdependence of plants and insects and how, in the real world, environmental factors have beneficial or destructive effects on plant life cycles.
- They use reasoning and knowledge to understand real life situations.
- At the end of this module. there is a differentiated version –module 8A.
- 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)