Solve the anagrams to reveal the key words
for today’s lesson:
Bell Work :
(growing)
rig gown
tall opinion (pollination)
meaning trio (germination)
irate tin foils (fertilisation)
Life cycle of flowering plants
T.P : Flowering plant Life Cycle
describe the life cycle of a typical
flowering plant
explain the terms pollination,
fertilisation, seed formation and
dispersal.
Key Words: pollination, fertilisation,
seed formation, germination,
dispersal.
Success Criteria:
• All students should be able to describe the life
cycle of a typical flowering plant. Level 5
• Most students should be able to explain the
terms pollination, fertilisation, seed formation
and dispersal. Level 6
• Some students should also be able to explain
the difference in life cycles between annual,
biennial and perennial flowering plants. Level
7
Can you arrange the following
pictures in the correct order.
Answers : Starter Extension: Can
Activity
you name each
stage?
Understand the Life Cycle of Flowering plants
Group
Cut out the parts of the life cycle of a flowering plant and
Activity: stick them in your book in the correct order
An insect picks The plant produces The insect flies
up pollen seeds, sometimes away The plant
in fruit or nuts grows flowers
The insect leaves
The seeds are
The seeds grow pollen on a
dispersed (moved)
into new plants different flower
Extension: Add names to each stage as
well.
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How It Should Look (but also with arrows going clockwise)
An insect picks The insect flies
up pollen away
The plant
grows flowers
The insect leaves
pollen on a
different flower
The seeds grow
into new plants
The seeds are The plant produces
dispersed (moved) seeds, sometimes
in fruit or nuts
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1. The seed.
The life cycle begins when the seed is planted in
the ground.
2. Growth
The seed needs certain things to be able to start
growing – sunshine, water, Oxygen and
nutrients.
3. Germination
When the seed has had enough of these things,
it sprouts and starts to grow. We call this
GERMINATION.
4. Reproduction
When the plant has grown, it becomes time to
REPRODUCE so that new plants can grow.
5. Pollination
In order to reproduce, a plant must combine its
new baby seeds with the pollen of another
plant. Insects, such as bees, pick pollen up on
their legs and bodies whilst collecting nectar
from a flower. They then leave this pollen
behind on new plants.
6. Fertilisation
When the bee has left some pollen behind, the
pollen joins up with the baby seeds in the plant.
When they join together, this is called
FERTILISATION. The seed is now ready to
become it’s own plant.
7. Seed Dispersal
Before it can grow on its own, the new seed
needs to move away from the mother plant. This
can happen in lots of ways – wind, by water or
via birds and other animals.
The back to the beginning!
Once the seed has been ‘dispersed’ (taken away)
then the cycle can start all over again!
Fill in the blanks:
• The life cycle begins when the seed is planted in the ____________
• The seed needs certain things to be able to start growing –
sunshine,_________, _______and nutrients.
• When the seed has had enough of these things, it sprouts and starts to
grow. We call this_____________
• When the plant has grown, it becomes time to __________so that new
plants can grow.
• In order to reproduce, a female plant must combine with the _______of
another male plant. This is done by insects also known as___________
• When pollen combine with the female part of a plant to form seeds this
called _________
• ________happens through pollination.
• ___________ occurs when one of the sperm cells fuses with the egg inside
of an ovule.
• After fertilization occurs, each ovule develops into a _______
• Once the seeds are formed they are taken away by wind or insects. This is
called ____________
Fill in the blanks:
• The life cycle begins when the seed is planted in the ground.
• The seed needs certain things to be able to start growing – sunshine,
water, Oxygen and nutrients.
• When the seed has had enough of these things, it sprouts and starts to
grow. We call this GERMINATION.
• When the plant has grown, it becomes time to REPRODUCE so that new
plants can grow.
• In order to reproduce, a female plant must combine with the pollens of
another male plant. This is done by insects also known as pollination.
• When pollen combine with the female part of a plant to form seeds this
called pollination.
• Fertilisation happens through pollination.
• Fertilization occurs when one of the sperm cells fuses with the egg inside
of an ovule.
• After fertilization occurs, each ovule develops into a seed.
• Once the seeds are formed they are taken away by wind or insects. This is
called seed dispersal.
• What are annual, biennial and
perennial flowering plants
and how their life cycle looks
like?
What difference you see in these cycles:
Annual Life cycle of flowering plants :
• Entire life cycle occurs with in one growth
season.
• They growth, make flowers and seeds and
then die.
• Examples:
• Corn, Wheat, rice, lettuce, watermelon, peas.
Biennials Flowering plants:
• They complete their life
cycles in two years. The first
year it produces leaves, the
2nd year the plant blooms ,
produces seeds and dies.
• Examples:
• Cabbage, onions, beets,
sprouts , carrots.
Perennials Flowering Plants
• These plants live for many years or forever.
• Examples: Banana, Mint, garlic, blue berries.
• All annual, biennials and perennial flowering
plants are herbaceous plants means they don
not have woody stems.
Individual Task :
• Solve the worksheet
Worksheet Answers :
Germination
Seed dispersal Roots
Flowers Leaves
Plenary Answers :
Fertilisation The fusion of gametes
Pollination The transfer of pollen grains from anther
to stigma
Germination The process when an embryo plant inside
a seed starts to grow into a seedling
Annual plants Completes life cycle in one year
Biennial Completes life cycles in 2 years
Plants
Perennial Live for more than 2 years.
plants
