KS2 Plant eater

Pupils explore the parts of a plant using a variety of fruit and vegetables and come away with a greater awareness of their functions and a sense of awe and wonder that they also provide us with food.

Between May and October this workshop can take place in our schools’ vegetable garden.

Learning outcomes

We design our sessions to match the learning outcomes in the national curriculum. All our sessions have a cross-curricular approach and are tailored to suit the educational needs of your group. We aim to give pupils opportunities to work scientifically in areas that are difficult or impossible to create in the school environment.

This session offers pupils the opportunity to:

• Observe the parts of a plant and understand the functions of the parts
• Understand that plants are a source of food
• Identify the part of the plant which are common vegetables and fruit/seeds
• Sort and classify fruit and vegetables to show which parts of a plant they eat
• Create artworks inspired by Arcimboldo.

Curriculum links 

This KS2 visit supports and enhances the Science curriculum offered in schools.