This five-part Key Stage 2 science video shows how plants adapt to their environments and how they're essential to our lives.
What Plants Need reveals to a primary class how botanists can replicate different environments to give plants the right conditions to survive.
Leaves Make Food demonstrates through animation that leaves are food factories where photosynthesis happens.
Plants We Eat follows an organic farmer harvesting edible plant parts, while Oxygen from Plants shows how plants produce oxygen for us to breathe.
And finally, Don't Waste Paper explains where paper comes from, forestry sustainability and the importance of recycling.
Useful websites
Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Schools Programmes
A good resource for teachers planning a visit with pupils and gives useful workshop suggestions
Website outlining the benefits of organic farming, including useful links to the soil association
A good website for finding out how to recycle more, it has many handy tips for schools
Find out what the forestry commission do to ensure that we have sustainable forests and protect the environment
Science and Plants for Schools
Aims to develop new educational resources, promote exciting teaching and interest young people in plant science and molecular biology
