KS3 Pollination lesson - Wind vs. Insect

A PowerPoint presentation (1 hour) designed for a higher ability year 8 class.
Mainly focuses on the different adaptations of wind-pollinated vs. insect-pollinated flowers.
Resource also contains a differentiated reading comprehension task on fertilisation in flowers.
This resource contains:

• 5-in-5 style retrieval starter
• Lesson hook
• Class discussion on pollen grains
• Embedded video on insect pollination
• Direct instruction slides on insect pollination / wind pollination
• A 5-question quiz as a CFU
• An independent writing task comparing insect and wind pollination, with model paragraphs for self assessment
• A reading comprehension task - differentiated (colour coded or not)
• Comprehension questions based on reading task - differentiated (colour coded or not) - followed by answers.
• A plenary task