Plant life cycles
I can research and present the life cycles of different plants.
Plant life cycles
I can research and present the life cycles of different plants.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Plants are living things that grow and reproduce
- Flowering plant life cycle stages include: germination, growing, pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal
- Scientific diagrams are used to show the stages in a life cycle
- Life cycles of different plants can be observed over time and/or researched using secondary sources of information
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse pollination and seed dispersal, as both involve something from the flower being moved from one place to another.
Explain that each of these processes happen at different times and have different purposes. Pollination happens before seeds have formed and leads to fertilisation whereas seed dispersal spreads the fully formed seeds away from the parent plant.
Keywords
Life cycle - A life cycle is the way in which a living thing changes throughout its life.
Germination - Germination is when a plant starts to grow from a seed.
Pollination - Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the same species.
Fertilisation - Fertilisation happens when pollen from a male anther reaches a female ovary in a flower.
Seed dispersal - Seed dispersal is the way seeds are spread out from their parent plant.
Equipment
Access to the internet for research
Licence
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
the seed starts to grow
pollen from a male anther is transferred to a female stigma
pollen travels from the stigma to the ovary
seeds are made inside the ovary of a flower
seeds are spread away from the parent plant