Alternatively split your class into groups and as you explore let each group collect leaves of flowers from a different area e.g. playground, path, playing field, pond area. Then groups can compare the different plants they have discovered in the different areas. Stress that it is important for children just to take one leaf or flower and discuss why it is important not to pull up the whole plant . Click here to explore Find the Flower To get back to these pages click on the back button in your browser. Encourage children to explore the plant with the mouse and name the different parts.
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Click here to explore Parts of a plant To get back to these pages click on the back button in your browser. Click here to explore Eating Plants To get back to these pages click on the back button in your browser. To get back to these pages click on the back button in your browser. Learning Objectives Children should learn Possible teaching activities that there are differences between local habitats. to make predictions about the animals and plants found in different local habitats and to investigate these. to use drawings to present results and make comparisons saying whether their predictions were supported. Ask children to compare two habitats one that can be found in the school grounds e.g. a pond, grassy area, school garden and one from the habitats represented on the Naturegrid site.