A My World and Textease support pack for KS2 Science with activities on most aspects of the Science curriculum relating to Green plants as organsisms appropriate for this age group including the main parts of a flowering plant, nutrition, transport of materials, pollination, seed formation, seed dispersal and germination. Full documenatation and sample screen shot PDF files may be viewed by clicking the links below.

THE TITLE AND THE CURRICULUM:

The title supports many of the National Curriculum requirements for Key Stage 2 relating to GREEN PLANTS AS ORGANISMS. Some aspects of the KS3 syllabus have been included to enable gifted and talented pupils to make further progress.

KEY STAGE 2 - SC2 LIFE PROCESSES AND LIVING THINGS - GREEN PLANTS AS ORGANISMS:

Growth and nutrition:
3a) the effect of light, air, water and temperature on plant growth.
3b) the role of the leaf in producing new material for growth.
3c) the root anchors plants in the ground, and that water and minerals are transported around the plant.
3d) the parts of a flower, pollination, seed formation, seed dispersal and germination. Variation and classification:
4a) to make and use keys – ICT opportunity.

KEY STAGE 3 - SC2 LIFE PROCESSES AND LIVING THINGS - GREEN PLANTS AS ORGANISMS:

Growth and nutrition:
3a) that plants need carbon dioxide, water and light for photosynthesis, and produce biomass and oxygen.
3b) to summarise photosynthesis in a word equation.
3d) the role of root hairs in absorbing water and minerals from the soil.

Click here for the full documentation (99.5 KB)
Click here for sample screen shots (30.4 KB)

GENERAL INFORMATION:

PLEASE NOTE: THIS SOFTWARE REQUIRES MY WORLD OR TEXTEASE TO RUN. The Textease format has software speech. The My World format has scaling buttons that are particularly useful for children with VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. The CD-ROM includes both the the My World 3 and Textease format of the software. The My World 3 format self installs. The Textease format must be manually installed.

Both the English and English / Welsh versions of My World 3 are available from ClicSoft.
Green Plants as Organsisms is also available in Welsh.

The screens provide a variety of activities including dragging, labelling, sorting and investigative activities. Many may lead to related classroom activities e.g. 'hands on' practical work. Buttons enable pupils to access task, help and research panels enabling them to work individually or in groups with minimal teacher supervision. Text buttons, word and picture banks may be used to add further information to the screens.

A 'New Screen' option accessed via the Task panels is a useful extra function. The new screens are normally blank, but have the same buttons as the related screens. They may be customised by teachers and pupils alike and used to extend topic areas or complete tasks set by the teacher. They are useful when the related screens have fixed graphic / or text and for adapting the set activities for pupils with special needs.

This software is particularly useful for introducing new topic areas and revising previous topics. The nature of both My World and Textease means that the screens are adaptable. The software may be used as both text book and exercise book and may be customised by teachers and pupils alike. The screens do not self correct giving children the opportunity to make and justify their own decisions. With differentiation by outcome, each screen thus provides assessment opportunities.

TEEM EVALUATION 2003 -
"I was astounded by the quality of the work produces by the pupils and this was largely due to the ease of uses of this excellent and very useful title".