Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Consider seed development and dispersal and generate questions about plant growth.
• Create and test a seed helicopter.
• Make a seed helicopter and try it out in the playground.
• Examine dandelion plants using a magnifying glass.
• Make a dandelion seed each and form together to make a dandelion plant.
• Use scientific vocabulary such as: seed, disperse, wind, pollination.

Activities

1. Understand why it is important for a plant to spread its seeds.
2. Understand what is meant by the words 'dispersal/disperse', pollination' and 'seed'.
3. Make a seed helicopter and a dandelion seed.

Investigation - exploring, researching and analysing secondary sources
Make a seed helicopter and try it out in the playground. Collect dandelion plants and look carefully at their seeds, using a magnifying glass. Make a dandelion seed each and form together to make a dandelion plant.

Vocabulary
Seed, disperse, wind, pollination