A life cycle is the way in which a living thing changes throughout its life.

Germination is when a plant starts to grow from a seed.

Pollination is when pollen from a male anther is transferred to the female stigma of a flower.

Seed formation happens inside flowers after a plant has been fertilised.

Seed dispersal is the way seeds are spread out from their parent plant.

Life cycle of a flowering plant

Science

What plants need: plan

What plants need: do

Nutrients and fertilisers for plants (non-statutory)

The function of leaves

The function of roots

Plants without roots

How water is transported  in plants

What plants need: review

The function of flowers

The parts of a flower

Pollination

Seed formation and seed dispersal

What plants need: final review

Comparing what plants need in different habitats

In this What plants do and what they need unit, pupils learn about the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants. In the Reproduction and life cycles unit: plants, they will build on this knowledge to describe the life process of reproduction in some plants

In the Growing plants unit, pupils learnt that plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. In this What plants do and what they need unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to explore a greater number of requirements of plants for life and growth and how they vary from plant to plant

This unit explores the functions of different parts of flowering plants, including roots, stems, leaves, and flowers. It investigates plant requirements for growth and the role of flowers in pollination, seed formation, and dispersal. Emphasis is on practical enquiries, and data presentation.

What plants do and what they need

when pollen from a male part of a flower lands on a female part

when pollen reaches the ovary of a flower

when a plant’s seeds are spread away from itself

Starting with the stage where a seed first begins to sprout, order the stages of a flowering plant's life cycle.

Which of these would not be a good way to present information about flowering plant life cycles?

Which of these stages of the flowering plant life cycle needs either animals or wind in order to happen?

pollen from a male part of a flower lands on a female part

seeds are made inside the ovary of a flower

seeds are spread away from the parent plant

Match the name of the life cycle stage to what happens during that stage.

The part of the plant that allows it to reproduce is called a {{ }}.

What do we call plants that grow flowers?

what happens to an animal’s body after it dies.

the way in which a living thing changes as it ages.

the amount of time a living thing is alive after it is born.

when flowers die and the seeds drop off the plant

Seeds are formed inside the ovaries of flowering plants. Where are the ovaries?

When pollen is transferred from an anther to a stigma of a flower by animals or the wind, it is called…

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Life cycle of a flowering plant

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.