Download Year 1 (S.Dean, S.Hawksworth, L.Rumford) Project: Science Year 1

Year 1 (S.Dean, S.Hawksworth, L.Rumford)
Project:
Science Year 1 (Summer Term)
What colour is the world?
Visit:
Garden Centre
Maze
Greenhouse
Supermarket
Farmers Market
Vegetable/Flower Farm
Pond
Zoo
Aviary
Apiary
Botanic Garden
Allotments
Investigate:
Plants that smell
A wormery
A compost heap
Camouflage
The rain forest &
habitats
What happens when a
plant is in a cupboard
for a week with/without
water?
How to make the plant
better when it comes
out?
How is water
transported in plants?
(colour plant
experiment)
What happens when
plants die?
Where animals are
camouflaged
Evergreens
Algae
Local trees, flowers &
their names
Common flower names
& scientific names
Soil
What matters to children?
Being in the world of things
Finding out about the world
Touching & tasting the world around them
Use:
Plants to dye clothes
An area to grow
vegetables flowers &
fruit
Microscopes
Finding about the
rainforest
Books:
Linnea in Monet’s
Christina Bjork
The Global Garden
Kate Petty & Jennie Maizels
The Selfish Giant
Oscar Wilde
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Cane
Poems: Green Man Labe
Tory Mitten
The Rainforest
Author?
Big ideas (Concepts):
Food from the sun
Transformation
Change
Big words:
Chlorophyll
Photosynthesis
Etiolated
Ecology
Ecosystem
Collect:
Plants you can eat
The smallest plants
A list of plants in the ground
Leaves of different shapes
(Cabbage, pak choi, chives, banana water lilies ........)
Books, pictures about vertebrates
Questions worth asking:
What colour is summer, spring, autumn & winter?
How does colour keep us safe in nature?
Can you eat all plants?
Where does the soil come from?
How deep in the ground do plants go?
Are all green things plants?
What animals do people eat?
How to seasons affect growth/ survival of plants/ animals/ humans?
Children’s Questions
Why do we have winter? Summer? Autumn? Spring?
Does your colour make you different?
How do colours make you feel?
Find (out about):
The largest, tallest plants
The smallest seed
The largest seed
All the different names for green e.g.
Verdi an, emerald, olive
The smallest animals & the biggest & the
oldest and the fiercest
Food chains (basic)
Plants you can eat
Animals you can eat
Layers of the rainforest
Different colours of people (PSHCE)
Animals in rainforest
Common animals
Make:
Allotment
World Map
Your own perfume & Packaging (DT)
Shoe box garden
A green man
A garden chair
A wormery
A paddy field
Greens for colour mixing
A garden for wildlife
Bird boxes/cages
A 3 course meal
A 3D rainforest in school
Tie dye
Seasonal colour paintings
Year 1 (S.Dean, S.Hawksworth, L.Rumford)
Main subject POS
Animals, including humans
Pupils should be taught to:

identify and name a variety of common animals that are birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles,
mammals and invertebrates

identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and
omnivores

describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (birds, fish,
amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates, and including pets)

identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of
the body is associated with each sense
Seasonal changes
Pupils should be taught to:

observe the apparent movement of the Sun during the day

observe changes across the four seasons

observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
Plants
Pupils should be taught to:

identify and name a variety of common plants, including garden plants, wild plants and
trees, and those classified as deciduous and evergreen

identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants,
including roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.

observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants

find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and
stay healthy.
Habitats
Pupils should be taught to:

identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how
different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and
how they depend on each other

identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats

describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a
simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.
Linked subjects POS
P183 - Art
 To use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences
and imagination
 To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern,
texture, line, shape, form and space
P193 - Design and Technology
 Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users
based on design criteria
 Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing,
templates, mock-ups and where appropriate ICT
 Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks
 Select from and use a range of materials and components, including construction
materials, textiles and ingredients according to characteristics
English
 Labels, lists and captions
 Using the senses
 Stories from fantasy worlds
 Poems on a theme
Provocation Experience
Visit Tropical World to find:
As many plants as you can
Small plants
Large plants
Plants that feed insects
Plants you can eat
Learning Outside the Classroom (Enterprise Opportunities)
Im a BA pupil get me out of here…
Provide plates of various , some edible but none poisonous plants.
Children to taste, describe or opt out and say why
Performance of understanding
Create our own allotment
This will need to be looked after all year round
(Help from gardeners/ locals)
Meals from our allotment served at various times throughout the year.
Children work with catering staff to prepare various foods ready to be served to learners at
lunchtime or to SLT.