Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Make first-hand observations of the development of fruits from flowers.
• Use evidence to form theories.
• Understand the process of how fruits develop from pollinated flowers.

Activities

1. Consolidate knowledge of pollination by doing a sequencing puzzle in pairs (Yrs3&4).
2. Examine plant specimens that show the development of fruits from pollinated flowers and generate questions and theories about the process (Yrs3&4).
3. Explain how fertilization takes place and how this leads to the development of fruits and seeds (Yr3 using a cloze task and Yr4 using key words as prompts).
4. Make detailed pastel drawings of sections through fruits (Yrs3&4).
5. Cut up fruits for a shared class fruit salad (Yrs3&4).

Investigation - exploration, problem solving, classifying and identifying
What happens after pollination and fertilisation? Fruits develop. Make a delicious fruit salad. Discover that fruits hold seeds. Investigate a wide variety of different fruits, pods, berries etc. that “package” seeds. Group them in different ways. Why are there so many different types?
Year 3 - Draw a section through a fruit and write a short explanation of how it has developed from a flower using cloze procedure.
Year 4 - Draw a section through a fruit and write a short explanation of how it has developed from a flower using key words as prompts.

Vocabulary
Stigma, style, ovary, ovules, pollen grains, pollination, fertilization, fruit, pod, seeds