Keystage 2 - Gardens - Conservation

Plants are vital. Many thousands of wild plants have great economic and cultural importance and potential, providing food, medicine, fuel, clothing and shelter for vast numbers of people throughout the world. Plants also play a key role in maintaining the planet's basic environmental balance and provide an important place to live for the world's animal life.
  

Word game

Can you solve this puzzle?

1. The study of plants TANYOB
2. Learning new things - you do this at school TEDOCUANI
3. To keep safe from harm TROTECP
4. A special store for the things which make plants grow DEES KABN
5. Biology, chemistry and physics NICESCE
6. You might have to take this when you are ill DEENCIMI
7. Find information SCREAREH
conservation word game

Webquest

Imagine the Earth is going to be destroyed by an asteroid colliding into it. There is a spaceship leaving Earth and you have been chosen to go on it. You are allowed to take six plants with you from the Plant Cultures list.

List the ones you would take.

Why would you take them? Do they provide food or medicine are they beautiful to look at?

Are there any other plants that you would take?

Why?