1.

LIFE CYCLES OF
FLOWERING PLANTS
1.4 How seeds are spread
Learners Book Page 15
Day 1
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Learning objectives

• To discuss in groups practice in drawing construct a mind

map.
• New words explained prior to lesson.
• Jobs of the fruits,
• Importance of spreading the seeds.
• Seed dispersal methods.
Lets start ------
In the given paper, work as a group and note down all
information you know about fruits and seeds.

Fruits
and seeds
New Words:
explode --- sudden to
blow up

spongy – feels like a sponge

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New words

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 Fruits and seeds
• Fruit is a part of flowering
plant
• Fruit have a skin outside
• Contains seeds inside
• And flesh around the seeds

Fruits have two JOBS to do -----

WHAT ARE THEY?
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 To protect the seeds
Two inside
JOBS of
the fruit To help seed spread
are

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 Why seed must spread?
• Plants need to spread their seeds
to make new baby plant.

• We call this

SEED DISPERSAL
Happens when fruit is ripe

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The baby/young plant
is called seedlings

What do seedlings require

to grow into a healthy
plant?

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Seed dispersal

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Different methods of seed dispersal

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Dispersal BY ANIMALS
• Soft, juicy, tasty fruit attract animals

• Have small seeds

• animals – birds, monkeys, mice even elephants

eat the fruits.

• seeds pass through their body and dispersed

through droppings

some seeds have

spikes and hooks –
stick to the fur of
animals
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Dispersal BY WIND

The poppy seeds-

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Revise the seed dispersal by wind
and animals through the below video
link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1hRxuy1ezQ

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 LB – PAGE : 17

Seeds eaten by bird, because they help to spread in new

places through their droppings.

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No, peach seeds are hard and big.

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IN NOTEBOOK

The seeds are spiky, or have hooks to get caught in an

animals fur

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We can either plant them in garden or carry on our
clothes or shoes.

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1. LIFE CYCLES OF
FLOWERING PLANTS
1.4 How seeds are spread
Learners Book Page 15
Day 2
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Learning objectives

• Seed dispersal methods continued.

• Interactive question and answer session with pictures.
Think Quick!

• Fruits are produced by flowering or non-flowering plants?

• Seeds are formed where?
• What are the two processes before the fruits are formed?
• Can a human help in seed dispersing?

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Different methods of seed dispersal

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 Some fruits float
Dispersed/spread BY WATER
• Fruit is spongy and float in water – carrying
the seeds to a different place

seed is called
sea pencils
• Mangrove – grow in salty water in warm places ----
seeds float until it reaches land
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The seeds float until they reach land

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 Fruits open or explode
BY EXPLOSION
• Fruit disperse by themselves

• the fruit dries out and open --- seeds fall out

• Some fruits explode and shoot out their seeds

https://
thekidshouldseethis.com/post/exploding-plan
ts-spread-their-seeds-with-high-pressure-bur
sts

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 Some fruits drop or roll
BY GRAVITY
• Fruits when ripe are heavy and fall
down or dropped from tree

FRUITS

tough/ hard outer skin soft skinned fruit break open when
roll from the parent plant to they reach ground -- animals eat
new place them
Like apple Like plum

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VISUAL
LEARNING
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=06sbmWAzoys&t=195
s
Questions LB – Page.19

The spongy seed coat has air spaces to trap water helping
the seed float.

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In hoy and dry climate the seed dry out and they will explode so
they are pocked before they spread by explosion

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Animals can eat the fruit and disperse the
seeds in their droppings.

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The seeds are light and papery thin wings help
them to be blown away

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 LEARNERS BOOK – pg.20

has wings to be carried by the wind eaten by animals

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 has hooks which stick onto animals’ fur .
. has hairs to be carried by the wind

dries and seeds explode

large round fruit drops and rolls
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FLOWERING PLANTS
1.4 How seeds are spread
Day 4
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
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 Rules to follow while in Science Lab
• BE READY TO LEARN
• Maintain SILENCE , if not you wont be allowed to conduct the experiment.
• Wait for teachers instructions and follow her directions precisely.
• Don’t touch anything unnecessarily.
• Raise your hand to speak.
• Nothing should be taken from the lab.
• ASK QUESTIONS.
• Always do your BEST.
• LISTEN, LISTEN then ACT
• All works must be done SAFELY.
• Work hard and BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

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Building an explosive seed pod
Experiment to find out which of the given samples of seeds
disperse to far areas
• Form group of 5 or 6
• Teacher aids to build two pods with the given materials.
• Collect the seed sample A and fill in the balloon through a funnel provided.
• Blow the balloon to create enough tension.
• Place a mat in the ground.
• On a fixed spot pop the balloon.
• Note down the required observation.
• Repeat the same for sample B.

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