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E-lessons

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E-LESSON DATA

TITLE OF THE E-LESSON
E-Learning from Nature: Flower structures and their role in plant reproduction
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
Glenstal Abbey Estate
COUNTRY
Ireland
INTRODUCTORY TEXT TO THE LESSON
In this lesson the students study the structure of flowers.
They made models using plasticine (playdough) to show the males and female reproductive organs of the plant.
They describe how the filament supports the anther, which produces the male gametes in pollen.
They also describe the stigma, style and ovary, which contains the female gametes or ovules.
They describe different types of flower structure and how they are linked to wind and insect pollination.
They draw out the structures and look again at the models to name the important reproductive parts of the plant.
The process of pollination and fertilisation is described.
The embryos become seeds which are protected by fruits - the swollen female parts of the flower.
They talk about germination and how the life cycle of the plants is a continuum.
THEMATIC AREA
Biology
TARGET AGE GROUP
16, 15, 14
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