Learning and Teaching Activities

(Cognition)

1. Understand that the flower makes seeds which grow into new plants.

2. Learn the different parts of a flower: petals,sepals,nectary, carpel, stamen, receptacle.

3. Understand that petals attract insects and help to protect the other parts of the flower.

4. Understand that sepals protect the flower while it is still a bud.
Sepals are usually green or brown.

5. Learn that the nectaries make nectar.
They are in the centre of the flower.
Nectar is a sweet substance, which insects drink to give them energy.

6. Learn that the carpel is the female part o the flower where seeds are made.
It has three parts: stigma, style and ovary.
The stigma is sticky to catch the pollen.
The style holds up the stigma.
The ovary contains the ovules (or “eggs”).

7. Learn that the stamens are the male parts of the flower.
Stamens make pollen.
Pollen is a yellow powder that is needed to make a new plant.
Each stamen has two parts: the anther and the filament:
The anther produces the pollen.
The filament holds the anther up.

8.Learn that the receptacle is where the parts of the flower are attached.

9.Learn that fruits contain seeds.

10. Understand that seeds need to be dispersed to avoid overcrowding.

11. Learn that seeds can be dispersed by animals, the wind and explosion.

Children will be able to:

1. Memorise key vocabulary.

2. Memorise and use key phrases.

3. Recognise different parts of plants.

3. Describe different plants.

1. Ask the pupils to bring a selection of flowers to school. Teacher provides flower heads from grasses and cereals. Discuss why the flowers are so different, i.e. some plants need to attract insects but others use the wind in order to make seeds.

2. Tell pupils that they are going to watch a PowerPoint presentation to see the different parts of a flower.

3. Ask pupils to look at the seeds from various plants and discuss. Pupils then go on to complete worksheet 11, in which they have to:

- Distinguish the male/female parts of a flower.

- Add the pollen and eggs to the diagram.

- Label the diagram.

- Complete a table.

4. Tell pupils that they are going to visit the following websites to practice what they have learnt abut plants: w1, w2, w3

Worksheet Key

Language of learning

1. Key words needed: petals, sepals, nectary, nectar, carpel, stigma, style and ovary, stamen, pollen, anther, filament, receptacle.

2. Key phrases needed:

- Petals attract insects.

-Petals help to protect the other parts of the flower.

- Sepals protect the flower while it is still a bud.

- Sepals are usually green or brown.

- Nectaries make nectar.
- Nectaries are in the centre of the flower.
- Nectar is a sweet substance, which insects drink to give them energy.

- The carpel is the female part o the flower where seeds are made.
- It has three parts: stigma, style and ovary.
- The stigma is sticky to catch the pollen.
- The style holds up the stigma.
- The ovary contains the ovules (or “eggs”).

- The stamens are the male parts of the flower.
- Stamens make pollen.
- Pollen is a yellow powder that is needed to make a new plant.
- Each stamen has two parts: the anther and the filament:
- The anther produces the pollen.
- The filament holds the anther up.

- The receptacle is where the parts of the flower are attached.

Language for learning

- How to describe the different parts of a flower.

- Understanding instructions.

- How to deal with not understanding.

- The language to ask and answer questions.

Language through learning

- Language to carry out worksheet tasks.

Understand differences/similarities between different plants.