Do you need a fun activity for teaching life cycles that isn’t a standard worksheet? Help your pupils understand and review the life cycle of a tomato plant with this differentiated sequencing activity. This resource is a 14-page printable PDF and is suitable for KS1 or early KS2.

Children put the life cycle stages from tomato seed to ripe fruit in order on their template. They then cut and fold. The finished foldouts are ideal for an interactive science notebook.

This activity could support learning about flowering plant life cycles, plants we eat, summer fruit/healthy eating, or gardening.

The templates
There are 3 similar printable template options so you can choose what suits your students best:

• Template 1: Colour the tomato and life cycle stages, cut out and sequence the stages, glue, and fold.
• Template 2: Colour the tomato and life cycle stages, match the words to the pictures, glue, assemble, and fold. Larger template.
• Template 3: Colour the tomato and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, assemble, and fold. Larger template. Option to sequence pictures with their stage names (e.g., seed, seedling, etc), or with short descriptions.

What else is included?

• Full page colour diagram of the tomato plant life cycle.
• Set of sequencing cards with arrows. Print and cut out the individual cards and arrows for children to arrange in the correct order. Colour and black and white options included.
• Label the tomato plant cut and paste worksheet.
• US and UK versions of the PDF