Lesson Planning

Teaching

Activities

  1. Classify fruits into groups according to similarities of structure and type (Yrs3&4).
  2. Investigate wind dispersal by setting up fair tests to determine the effect of varying size/weight (Yr3) or material/shape (Yr4) on the flight of a paper spinner.
  3. Record and report on results and then use them to generate further questions (Yrs3&4).

Investigation - exploring, fair testing, problem solving
Why are there so many types of fruit/seed? For different types of dispersal. Make some easy granola bars. Investigate types of dispersal e.g. animals, water and wind dispersal.
Year 3 - Conduct a simple investigation to answer a question on dispersal.
Year 4 - Explore a variety of factors that may affect wind dispersal.

Vocabulary
Fruit, seed, parent plant, dispersal, germination, investigate, fair test, record, results