KS3 ~ Year 7 ~ Seed Dispersal

This lesson is designed for the Activate KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 7 B1.3 Module on ‘Reproduction’.

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This lesson begins with a recap on the stages involved in fertilisation, students will be asked to rearrange a set of sentences into the correct order to correctly describe the process of fertilisation.

Seed dispersal is now introduced, firstly students are asked to consider two questions - why the parent plant wants to disperse seeds away from itself and what are the main methods of seed dispersal that we already know of. Students can discuss the answers to these questions in pairs before feeding back into a class discussion, the answers to these questions can then be revealed.

Next, students will be given a worksheet of questions and will then watch a video on various methods of seed dispersal. Students will need to answer the questions whilst watching the video, the mark scheme for this task is included in the PowerPoint for students to self-assess their work once it is complete.

The last task is a progress check, whereby students will need to copy and complete a paragraph which describes the importance of seed dispersal. Students can either peer-assess or self-assess their work using the answers provided once this is complete.

The plenary requires students to create three quiz questions to test their peers knowledge of what they have learned so far this lesson.

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