Key Stage 2 programme - Clever plants in different climates activity tour and optional workshop
In these sessions, primary school students are introduced to plants growing in a variety of environments, from the desert to the rainforest. Choose between the 45 minute activity tour and the 90 minute activity tour and workshop.
Carnivorous plants in the Princess of Wales Conservatory
The focus of the Clever plants in different climates session is on special adaptations which allow plants to grow successfully in different climates.
In the activity tour, students visit the Princess of Wales Conservatory to learn about plants from the rainforest and the desert, as well as aquatic and carnivorous plants.
In the workshop, students get involved in hands-on activities, including sorting plants into likely habitats based on observable adaptations.
- Length: Activity tour - 45 minutes | Activity tour and workshop - 90 minutes.
- Group size: 15 students.
- Minimum supervision required: 1 adult per 8 students.
- Programme cost: Activity tour - £25 per group of 15 students | Activity tour and workshop - £50 per group of 15 students.
- Administration fee: £80.
School visits at Kew Gardens support and enhance the curriculum offered in schools. We aim to give students opportunities that are difficult or impossible to create in the school environment.
As teachers ourselves, we design our sessions to match the learning outcomes in the National Curriculum. At the moment, the new government has withdrawn the changes planned for 2010/11 and will be producing new curriculum guidelines. Once they have done that, we will re-visit the learning outcomes for our sessions.
The learning outcomes shown apply to the curriculum as it is at this time. This session offers students the opportunity to learn to:
- list several special adaptations which allow plants to live successfully in the rainforest, desert or water. (Examples include drip tips on rainforest plants and thick waxy skin on desert plants)
- compare and contrast conditions in the desert with those in the rainforest and both biomes with the temperate climate of the UK
- list the factors necessary for plants to grow (water, nutrients, air, and sunlight)
- identify key parts of a plant (flower, stem, leaf, roots)
- identify the primary function of the key parts of a plant (flower, stem, leaf, roots).
Links with the QCA/DfE schemes of work
- Unit 05 - Living in a diverse world.
- Unit 7 - Weather around the world.
- Unit 24 - Passport to the world.
- Unit 3B - Helping plant grow well.
- Unit 3F - Light and shadows.
- Unit 4B - Habitats.
- Unit 5B - Life cycles.
- Unit 6A - Interdependence and adaptation.
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