A close up of a young boy with butterfly face paint looking closely at a plant

School Workshop: Puzzling Plants (year 3 and 4)

Inspired by some of Eden’s most peculiar rainforest plants, Lower Key Stage 2 pupils will review essential knowledge in relation to plant parts and their functions, as well their requirements for life and growth.

Workshop overview

What happens in the workshop

During the introduction, pupils are introduced to Victoria Amazonica- an intrepid plant hunter, who spends her life tracking down some of the world’s most peculiar and puzzling plants. Victoria asks them to help her find a number of unusual plants from around the rainforest and discover the reasons behind their seemingly puzzling behaviour.

After establishing how we would normally expect plants to behave (in relation to their needs, parts and functions), pupils follow a mapped trail around the Rainforest Biome to seek out plants that move, plants that climb and even plants that have been capturing animals, completing related tasks and collecting puzzle pieces as they go.

Back in the classroom, pupils reflect on their learning in the biome and ponder another feature of plants that has also been puzzling Victoria; their ability to transport water to the top of the very tallest rainforest trees. Finally, children piece together the puzzle that they have collected from the biome and consider the importance of sharing stories about these amazing plants with the rest of the world.

[The workshop] covers so many learning objectives in one hit.

Visiting teacher

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Accredited workshops at Eden

This workshop is accredited under the British Science Association’s CREST Awards scheme. Completion of the workshop enables the student to gain one sticker towards the SuperStar Award.