- Year 5
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
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 when pollen from a male anther is transferred to the female stigma of a flower.
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.
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.
Equipment
Access to the internet for research
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.A life cycle is…
Q2.Which part of a plant contains the parts used for reproduction?
Q3.What is seed formation?
Q4.Seeds are formed inside the ovaries of flowering plants. Where are the ovaries?
Q5.When pollen is transferred from one flower to a stigma of another flower by animals or the wind, it is called…
Q6.What is germination?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which diagram would be used to show the stages in a living thing’s life cycle?
Q2.Plants are living things that can grow (get bigger) and (create offspring).
Q3.Starting with the point at which a plant first begins growing from a seed, order the stages in a flowering plant’s life cycle.
Q4.We can find out more about plant life cycles by observing plants over time or carrying out using secondary sources.
Q5.Match the name of the plant life cycle stage to what happens during that stage.
