Plant Games in the Primary School Anne Bebbington, SAPS

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Plant Games in the Primary School

• Anne Bebbington, SAPS
• Colin Bielby, Manchester Metropolitan University
  and SAPS
• Ruth Thomas, Cavendish Primary School and SAPS
• SAPS, Science and Plants for schools at
  www.saps.org.uk

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Plant Games in the Primary School

• Helping pupils literacy, numeracy and science
  through the enjoyment of games on the theme of
  plants

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1. Build a plant (KS1)

• Rules
• Each team has a set of plant parts, and their
  labels, plus some blutak or velcro squares
• The plant must be built (one piece at a time) on
  the board across the room
• Each team member takes a turn to stick one part
  on the board
• Winner is the fastest to complete the plant with
  its parts labelled correctly
• GO!!!!!!!!!!

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Templates for build a plant are on the hyperlink
below

• templates for build a plant and all ks1 card
  games.pdf

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2. Card Sets (KS1)Dandelion dominoes, Plant
pairs, SNAPdragon

• Card set 1
• Uses ?
• Card set 2
• Uses?

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Templates for ks1 cards are on the hyperlink below

• Card games and splat for ks1.pdf
• templates for build a plant and all ks1 card
  games.pdf

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3. Build a flower (KS2)

• Large model of a fast plant (or oilseed rape)
  flower to show floral structure
• What are the parts of the flower and their
  function?

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A diagram to show the parts of a flower from a
fast plant
Petal, 3 of 4 shown
Stamen. 4 of 6 shown
Carpels, 2
Sepals, 2 of 4 shown
Flower stalk or pedicel
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4. Sunflower Splat (KS1/2)

• Rules
• Two teams
• One player from each team approaches grid
• A question is asked
• Pupil quickest to cover answer wins
• Next pupil from each team has a go
• Keep score of winners

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5a. Buttercup Bingo (KS1)

• Rules
• Full House first to cover all 3 words
• Mark with pens
• Bingo cards and loop cards\Bingo card 1.doc

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stem
flower
leaf
root
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5b. Buttercup Bingo (KS2)

• Rules
• Diagonal line for first game
• Full House for second first to cover all words
• Mark with pens

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sepal
petal
carpel
stigma
pollen
stamen
seed
anther
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5c. Buttercup Bingo variations

• Reading out names of parts (so pupils hear the
  sound of the word)
• Revealing the names so that pupils see the words
• Showing pictures of parts to match to words
• Showing words of parts to match to pictures
• Pupils select own words on a blank bingo card so
  that they have to write out words

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Templates for splat and bingo cards are on the
hyperlink below

• Bingo cards and loop cards

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6. Life Cycle Game

• Rules

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7. Plant Quartet What plants need to grow well
The red clover set

• The 48 cards in the pack are made up of 12 sets
  of 4 cards.
• Each set represents the plant of a wild flower
  and a card for each of the 4 things that it needs
  to grow well mineral salts, light, water and air
• The object of the game is to collect as many sets
  of cards as you can

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Playing Plant Quartet

• Deal 5 cards to each player. Put the rest in a
  pile on the table
• The person starting asks any player for a
  specific card. They must already have at least
  one card of the set they are asking for.
• If the player asked has that card they give it
  up and the first player has another go
• If they dont have the card the first player
  must the draw the top card from the stock-pile
  and the turn passes to the other player
• When a player has a set of four cards it must be
  shown and placed on the table
• The game continues until someone runs out of
  cards or the stock-pile runs out.
• The winner is the player with most sets of cards

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For plant quartet resources click hyperlink below

• Plant quartet templates\plant quartet template
  1.doc
• Plant quartet templates\plant quartet template
  2.doc
• Plant quartet templates\Plant Quartet-making a
  pack of cards.doc

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8. Vines and Villains

• To start, the person with the highest thrown
  number goes first
• You climb up the vines or slide down the slug
  trails.
• If you land on a growth square take a card and
  try to answer the question. If you get it right
  advance 4 spaces, if wrong, go back 4 spaces.
• You need the exact number to end at square 36
• The first player to reach home and grown wins

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For Vines and Villans board resources click
hyperlink below

• Coloured vines and villains board.jpg

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9. A History of Plants
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