Adaptations - Plants & extremophiles

Plant adaptations & plant extremophiles. Complete lesson to teach the plant based part of AQA specification 4.7.1.4 Adaptations.

Complete lesson ready to use just download, print and go!

Designed for teachers to deliver (specialist and non-specialists) but I have found more & more students need to access resources independently so my lessons are structured in a way that students can navigate for remote learning or to catch up on missed content. Can also be used for a flipped learning approach.

Includes:
Easy-to-follow PowerPoint:
• all answers to each fun activity are present on the PowerPoint.
• helpful notes present on some slides to support non-specialists or first-time teachers of this topic.
• Differentiated resources - alternate versions of task 2 available to support lower ability students.
Worksheet on Word:
• The worksheet allow students to develop understanding of extremophiles.
• All answers are given on the PowerPoint.

Summary of main points of lesson:
Concise learning objectives.
Recap the basic structure of a plant.
Beautiful photos demonstrate to students some of the variety within the plant kingdom.
Fun task: Identify and explain the different adaptations plants have for defence (using 3 common examples from the British countryside). This leads into a written exam style question task (with answers for self/peer assessment).
Fun class keyword activity.
Paired discussion activity leading to short written task.
Pollination task - exam style thinking and question task.
Demonstration of seed dispersal adaptations (both wind and animal).
Introduction of extremophiles.
Final task: Worksheet based comprehension task using a specific extremophile.

Includes:
26 slide PowerPoint
1 worksheet (on Word so editable)
Detailed answers to all tasks on PowerPoint.

I also found a great video ‘Bang goes the theory’ explaining how nettle stings work, its brilliant and fits in well after slide 10. I haven’t included it due to copyright laws but would encourage you to google it (BBC One Bang goes the theory, How do stinging nettles sting?)!

The PowerPoint is fun and interactive with a range of tasks to keep students engaged.

I hope you find this lesson to be quite easy to deliver, you can simply click through, and flow through the content.

If you have any questions about this, or any of my resources, please message me at: shropshiresciencetutor@gmail.com