Year 7 Science Topic: Flowers and Reproduction

Date Work Set : 1st June Work completed : 5th June

Introduction

What would happen if there were no flowers?

We would starve!!

Why?

Answer: No pollination = No new flowers

Learning Outcomes

1. Can I name ALL the parts of the flower? 2. Can I explain why the stamen and carpel are important?

3. Can I define the terms pollination and dispersal?

4. Can I explain why bees are an important species? Keywords and definitions

Task 2: Flower dissection!

1) Use your hands and scissors to carefully

dissect (take apart) your flower.

2) Separate the parts of the flower into

different piles.

3) Match each part to the correct

keyword (hint- not all flowers will have

all parts!).

Task 1: The parts of a flower

If possible collect a flower from your garden and draw it in the box below. If you do not have

a garden you could find a picture on the internet. Use a pencil for all of your drawings.

Label your drawing using as many keywords as you can.

Keywords: stem, flower, leaf, petal, anther, filament, ovule, stigma, style, ovary, ovule, sepal

Task 3: The job of each structure.

Using your flower, try and find an example of each of the keywords below and

sellotape it in the box. (remember, your flower may not have all these parts.

Explain the job of each part of the flower next to the label.

Stamen

Sepal Petal

Carpel

Ovary Pollen

Task 4: Make a flower monster!

Use your leftover flower parts to make a flower monster. Draw your

monster below.

Task 5 How are seeds dispersed?

Task 6: The importance of Bees.

Bees are in decline. Read the following article and use other research to form

an argument to explain why bees need our help. You can present your work

anyway you wish to put forward the case for saving bees. You could start with

the bumble bee conservation trust. https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/about-us/

Well Done. Now you can email your completed work to your teacher.