Plant Anatomy Photosynthesis and Life Cycle 5 Fully Resourced Lessons Plus Team Quest Quiz KS3

Plant anatomy, photosynthesis and life cycle from pollination through fertilisation and seed dispersal to germination are explained in five engaging fully resourced lessons which include two virtual investigations. Each lesson comes with an easy to follow animated PowerPoint. The bundle also includes Team Quest which is a fantastic way to consolidate learning and to promote team – building at the end of at the module or to use as test prep. This is a 61 question, animated, interactive team quiz with built – in scoreboard for up to seven teams. All questions are pictorial and multiple choice.

What’s Included

• Plant Parts - Lesson
• Photosynthesis facts - Lesson
• Virtual investigation 1 – does light intensity affect the rate of photosynthesis
• Virtual investigation 2 – testing a leaf for starch
• Life Cycle of the Flowering Plant – pollination, fertilization, dispersal, germination – Lesson
• Team Quest Quiz

This fully resourced module comes complete with six animated PowerPoints, 48 printables, answer/mark scheme PowerPoints and suggested one-page flow-chart lesson plans which indicate where choices between printables enable the lessons to be totally tailored to suit the needs of your particular students. These lesson promote the development of literacy and oracy and the separate answer/mark scheme PowerPoints enable easy self and peer-assessment.

The virtual investigations take the student through prediction, planning drawing a table, graph and conclusion. They can be used as instructions for the student to follow to perform their own experiment or the scientifically accurate animations themselves can be used to obtain results.

What’s Covered

• Root, stem and leaf are plant organs.
• Flower is an organ system.
• Function of root, stem and leaf.
• Transpiration.
• Labelling parts of a flower.
• Carpel and stamen are the female and male reproductive organs.
• Role of played by xylem, phloem, guard cells, stomata and chloroplasts in photosynthesis.
• Graphing rate of photosynthesis against, carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity and temperature.
• Word equations for photosynthesis and respiration.
• Comparison of photosynthesis and respiration.
• Paraffin heaters as sources of carbon dioxide in greenhouses.
• Use of glucose in plants.
• Gas exchange in plants at different times of day.
• Testing a leaf for starch – investigation.
• Effect of light intensity on rate of photosynthesis – investigation.
• Pollination, self-pollination and cross-pollination explained.
• How some plants prevent self-pollination and why.
• Comparing the features of flowers pollinated by insects and wind.
• Fertilization - how it happens.
• What is a fruit with examples.
• Why seed dispersal is essential for reducing competition.
• Seed dispersal by wind, exploding pods, animal and water.
• Germination explained.

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