Growing Your

Own Plant
Poipoia te kakano kia puawai.
Nurture the seed and it will grow.

–Māori Whakatauki
All about plants 01 What do plants need to survive?
How is your seed classified?

A baby plant 02 Seed structure & germination

Plant anatomy 03 Root and shoot systems

Life Processes 04 How does your plant stay alive?

What a plant needs to SURVIVE

For a plant to survive it needs:

➔ Sunlight
➔ Water
➔ Nutrients
➔ Air
➔ Sustainable temperature
 01
Plants
Oranga taiao,
oranga tangata
Humanity is sustained by nature.
Why are plants so important for humanity? Plants are
important for humanity because provide us with food,
they get all the Co2 (Carbon dioxide) created by
animal, cars, volcanoes etc and they release oxygen.
Classification
What kind of seed has your teacher provided you?
● Mung bean

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Vascular plant
Class: Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Legumes/Fabaceae
Genus: Vigna
Species: Vigna radiata
 02
Germination
Seed Structure
Draw a diagram of a seed and label the following parts of a seed: testa (seed coat), plumule, radicale,
cotyledon, micropyle.
Seed Dissection - Lima bean
Germination
Warmth
They need it because since nearly all
Water chemical reactions in living
They need it because the chemical organisms require enzymes(it helps
reaction(metabolism) that makes chemical reaction o happen), the
seed germinate can only take place temperature cant beto hot (causing
in solution(in a liquid), which is the enzymes to be destroyed) or to
what allows particle to move cold (causing the molecules to move
slowly). It has to be just right.
Oxygen
They need it because for the sed to
develop they need energy which is
released by respiration

Watch this video and complete the slide to outline the requirements
of germination and explain why they are needed
Germinating your seed
Write a step-by-step method of how you germinated your seed. Include photos of the process.

1. First i got a small pot and 2 cotton disks

2. I wetted the cotton disks, i put the seed between them in the pot
3. I frequently checked to make sure that the cotton disks were wet
 03
Plant
Structure
Structure
of a plant
Take a photos of
your plant
everyday and
upload it to this
presentation
A PICTURE IS WORTH
A THOUSAND WORDS
Recording of the
plant’s (Dave’s)
growth
 Day 1 - Day 4 - Day 7 - Day 10 -
06/09/2022 09/09/2022 12/09/2022 15/09/2022

Just planted Roots are starting to I put a cloth around the The seed started to
grow pot to keep it warm(it darken
didn’t work)
Length* = Height of the shoot system

Day 14 - Day 17 - Day 20 - Day 24 -

19/09/2022 22/09/2022 25/09/2022 29/09/2022

I can already see the The stem had grown I potted it today, the The length is 31mm tall
cotyledons around day 17, the length is 25mm tall
length is 20mm long
Length* = Height of the shoot system

Day 32 - Day 36 - Day 39 - Day 42 -

07/10/2022 11/10/2022 14/10/2022 17/10/2022

I forgot to record it for It didn’t grow much, The length is 54mm I changed the pot to a
8 days, the length is 45mm but more leaves bigger one, the length is
now 43mm started developing 54mm
Length* = Height of the shoot system

Day 45 - Day 48 - Day 51 - Day 54 -

20/10/2022 23/10/2022 26/10/2022 29/10/2022

The leafs are getting

brown(probably
because of the cold), the
length is 62mm
Length* = Height of the shoot system

Day - Day - Day - Day -

—/—/2022 —/—/2022 —/—/2022 —/—/2022
Length* = Height of the shoot system

Day 57 - Day 60 - Day 63 - Day 66 -

01/11/2022 04/11/2022 07/11/2022 10/11/2022
Length* = Height of the shoot system

Day - Day - Day - Day -

—/—/2022 —/—/2022 —/—/2022 —/—/2022
Graphing your plant growth
Plot the growth on your plant’s growth for (at least) 2 weeks.

Do a CUTLASS graph on paper and upload a photo of it here.

 04
Life
Processes
 MRS C GREN
What are the life processes that help keep a plant alive?
 Nutrition
We get our nutrition from food(). Plants get nutrition by photosynthesis

Water + CO2 (Carbon dioxide) → O2 (Oxygen) + Glucose (Sugar)

To for t
Xylem & Phloem
Describe the function of xylem and phloem in a plant.

Explain how xylem and phloem are helping to keep your plant alive.
Photosynthesis and Respiration
Write down the word equations for photosynthesis and respiration..

● Photosynthesis
○ Water + CO2 (Carbon dioxide) → O2 (Oxygen) + Glucose (Sugar)
● Respiration
○ O2 (Oxygen) + Glucose (Sugar) → Water + CO2 (Carbon dioxide) + Energy

Explain how photosynthesis and respiration are connected (use the diagram to help you)
Reproduction
Flower Dissection

We forgot to take a
photo
Your Flower
If your plant manages to flower - WELL DONE!

Take a photo of your flower and identify any features of the flower that could attract pollinators.