Science for Kindergarten: Daffodil Plant Study

Take the humble Daffodil and transform it into an engaging Kindergarten Science Project that your pupils will love this spring.

You will be able to cover much of the Curriculum for Science (Plants) without your pupils knowing they are learning. Suggestions are made and resources are provided to enable you to integrate your science work with language (poetry) and creativity.

Who is it for?

This Daffodils Science project is intended to be used with Kindergarten and Grade 1 children.

Home educators can also use it in the course of nature study/Science learning.

What does it contain?

·        PowerPoint

The pack comes with an 18-slide PowerPoint, which can be used to either start your lesson or as a recap at the end. The PowerPoint begins with the bulb under the ground waiting for spring, and then shows how the Daffodil grows. It teaches about the parts of a Daffodil: the bulb, stem, leaves, buds, calyx (the papery covering protecting the buds), petals, trumpet and pollen. The PowerPoint is a taught lesson and comes with sound.

·        Lesson outlines

Two lesson outlines are provided, one for ages 5-6 and another for ages 6-7, though other ages might also benefit. It can be used successfully with mixed age-range classes. Notes as to how to dissect a Daffodil.

·        Worksheets/Activities

·        Label the parts of a Daffodil.

·        5 pages to make a Daffodil diary: choice of coloured or black/white front cover. Let the children make observations of a Daffodil growing near them that can be observed easily.

·        Poetry work – read the poem ‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth (provided) and use our suggestions to think about the poem.

·        Acrostic worksheets for pupils to write their own Daffodils acrostic poem.

·        Daffodil writing paper

For display:

Beautiful original photos

·        A5 photos of parts of a Daffodil

·        A4 pictures and vocabulary cards for Daffodil Life Cycle: use for Science work, language or display, word walls, etc…

·        Display headers

What is included?

1 18-slide PowerPoint

1 PDF file with 47 pages