Pollination and fertilisation
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe the processes of pollination and fertilisation in flowering plants.
Key learning points
- Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male anther to the female stigma.
- There are two types of pollination; self-pollination and cross-pollination. The latter increases variation in a species.
- Pollen grains can be transferred by the wind, water or by insects.
- Fertilisation is the fusion of the nuclei from the male and the female gametes.
- A zygote grows into an embryo and then a new plant.
Keywords
Pollination - Pollination is the process of transferring pollen from an anther to a stigma of a flower.
Ovary - The ovary is a female organ of the flower where ovules produce ova.
Style - The style holds the stigma and connects it to the ovary.
Stamen - The stamen is the male part of the flower, made up of an anther held up by a filament.
Fertilisation - The fusion of a male gamete (from pollen) and a female gamete (an ovum) is called fertilisation.
Common misconception
Pollen are seeds, or that seeds are not made by sexual reproduction.
Clearly show the difference between pollen as a gamete and the seeds as the offspring that grows into a new plant.
Teacher tip
Pupils could model the process of pollination and fertilisation or do a stop-motion, e.g. with plasticine.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? Plants can reproduce sexually.
Q2.What is the female gamete in a plant?
Q3.Flowers are the organs of a plant.
Q4.Which best describes fertilisation?
Q5.True or false? Gametes contain all the genetic information needed to produce offspring.
Q6.Match the word to its description.
where ovules produce ova
connects the stigma to the ovary
made up of an anther and filament
where pollen is deposited
makes pollen
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Pollination is the transfer of from the male anther to the female stigma.
Q2.Which of the following are pollinating insects?
Q3.Which type of pollination increases variation?
Q4.Where does plant fertilisation take place?
Q5.Put the stages of plant reproduction in the correct order.
Q6.Put these stages of development in the right order.
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