Plant Diseases for OCR 21st Century Science GCSE - interactive lesson

An interactive lesson on plant diseases that focuses on independent learning via the use of QR codes and the internet. This lesson covers the three types of pathogens that cause Ash Dieback, Tobacco Mosaic Virus and Crown Gall Disease as seen in the OCR spec. Pupils are encouraged to learn as much as they can about the three disease via my fact sheets (see slides) that have QR codes which link to the Royal Horticultural Society website as well as videos about the diseases on You Tube. All tasks have hyperlinks to Online Stopwatch where I like to use the bomb timer to keep pupils focused.

Starter: What d o these plants have in common...they all have diseases!

Main 1 - Carousel - (Bronze task) Pupils complete carousel activity to complete the plant disease information sheets using QR codes that link to the Royal Horticultural Society website as well as videos about the disease on You Tube.

Main 2 - Science in Society (Silver task) - Pupils scan the QR code that links to the BBC News website with a video and article about Ash Dieback and why it can not be eradicated. Lower ability pupils watch the video and higher ability skim/scan the article to answer the question.

Main 3 - (Gold task) - Simple gap fill on plants' physical defenses towards disease.

Plenary - Kahoot quiz - you will need to register with Kahoot before doing this but it's free. Pupils use their phones to take part in the interactive quiz on plant diseases.

https://getkahoot.com/

This lesson was designed with my lower ability class in mind whilst trying to push my higher pupils. It can be adapted for top set classes as well. Everything you need is on the slides and can be printed out easily.

I hope you like it :)