When living things reproduce they create offspring.

Living things create offspring when they reproduce.

A parent plant is a plant that has reproduced and created offspring.

Asexual reproduction involves one parent and produces offspring that has the same characteristics as the parent.

Clones are offspring that have been created asexually and have identical characteristics to their parent.

Asexual reproduction in plants

Science

Plants from cuttings

Parts of a flowering plant and what they do

Pollinators (non-statutory)

Dangers to pollinators (non-statutory)

Selective breeding of plants (non-statutory)

Conservation of plants using seed banks (non-statutory)

Plant life cycles

Plant reproduction from cuttings

In this Reproduction and life cycles: plants unit, pupils learn to describe the life process of reproduction in some plants. In the Evolution and inheritance unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

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

his unit explores the life process of reproduction in plants and animals. It focuses on planning scientific enquiries, measuring with precision, recording complex data, and using test results to make predictions. Emphasis is on presenting findings, and evaluating scientific evidence.

Reproduction and life cycles: plants

An anther is a male part of a flower that produces pollen.

The stigma is a sticky part at the top of the female part of a flower.

Seeds are formed inside the ovary of a flower.

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the same species.

Pollen is a very fine powder made by the anthers of a flower. It is needed to make a seed.

The stigma is a sticky part at the top of the female parts of a flower.

A pollinator is an animal which pollinates a flowering plant.

A crop is a plant that is grown to be sold, often as food.

Something is in decline if its numbers are falling.

The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.

Pesticides are substances used to kill living things that are considered to be pests.

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from one flower to the stigma of another flower.

A characteristic is a feature or property of something that we can use to help identify it.

Artificial pollination is carried out by humans, and does not require the help of animals, such as insects, or the weather.

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

A seed bank is a place where seeds are kept safely to conserve different species of plants for the future.

Conservation is the act of protecting Earth’s natural resources for current and future generations.

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

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

Fertilisation happens when pollen from a male anther reaches a female ovary in a flower.

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

We make observations when we look closely at something and use other senses too.

To record information is to keep it so that it can be passed on to others. This can be done in many ways including notes, photos and drawings.

Reproduction and life cycles: plants

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