viernes, 18 de octubre de 2013

HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Whatch this video as an introduction for this unit....


Can you tell me what is happenning there?


viernes, 11 de octubre de 2013

PLAY WITH PLANTS BBC


 Try to do it.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/plants_grow_fs.shtml

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS







Pollination

Pollen is transferred from a stamen to a stigma. The stamen is the male organ in a flowering plant and the stigma is the female part.

It is helpful to review the parts of flowering plants.

Growth of Pollen Tube

A pollen tube develops to carry the pollen downward.

Pollen travels from the stigma, down the style, and into the ovule of the plant.

Fertilization

The male gamete (pollen) unites with a female gamete (ovule) to form a seed. The seeds are the embryo of the plant.

Fruit Formation

The ovary ripens and forms a fruit. The fruit may contain a single seed or multiple seeds.

Seed Dispersal

The fruit is carried away from the parent plant by wind, animal or expulsion.

Germination

If the seed is embedded in the right kind of soil, it will germinate. A new plant grows out of the seed. A stem reaches upward, and roots go downward into the soil.

Pollination

Pollen is transferred from a stamen to a stigma. The stamen is the male organ in a flowering plant and the stigma is the female part.

It is helpful to review the parts of flowering plants.

Growth of Pollen Tube

A pollen tube develops to carry the pollen downward.

Pollen travels from the stigma, down the style, and into the ovule of the plant.

Fertilization

The male gamete (pollen) unites with a female gamete (ovule) to form a seed. The seeds are the embryo of the plant.

Fruit Formation

The ovary ripens and forms a fruit. The fruit may contain a single seed or multiple seeds.

Seed Dispersal

The fruit is carried away from the parent plant by wind, animal or expulsion.

Germination

If the seed is embedded in the right kind of soil, it will germinate. A new plant grows out of the seed. A stem reaches upward, and roots go downward into the soil. - See more at: http://www.kid-friendly-homeschool-curriculum.com/sexual-reproduction-in-plants.html#sthash.6tzZPaC6.dpuf

Pollination

Pollen is transferred from a stamen to a stigma. The stamen is the male organ in a flowering plant and the stigma is the female part.

It is helpful to review the parts of flowering plants.

Growth of Pollen Tube

A pollen tube develops to carry the pollen downward.

Pollen travels from the stigma, down the style, and into the ovule of the plant.

Fertilization

The male gamete (pollen) unites with a female gamete (ovule) to form a seed. The seeds are the embryo of the plant.

Fruit Formation

The ovary ripens and forms a fruit. The fruit may contain a single seed or multiple seeds.

Seed Dispersal

The fruit is carried away from the parent plant by wind, animal or expulsion.

Germination

If the seed is embedded in the right kind of soil, it will germinate. A new plant grows out of the seed. A stem reaches upward, and roots go downward into the soil. - See more at: http://www.kid-friendly-homeschool-curriculum.com/sexual-reproduction-in-plants.html#sthash.6tzZPaC6.dpuf

Pollination

Pollen is transferred from a stamen to a stigma. The stamen is the male organ in a flowering plant and the stigma is the female part.

It is helpful to review the parts of flowering plants.

Growth of Pollen Tube

A pollen tube develops to carry the pollen downward.

Pollen travels from the stigma, down the style, and into the ovule of the plant.

Fertilization

The male gamete (pollen) unites with a female gamete (ovule) to form a seed. The seeds are the embryo of the plant.

Fruit Formation

The ovary ripens and forms a fruit. The fruit may contain a single seed or multiple seeds.

Seed Dispersal

The fruit is carried away from the parent plant by wind, animal or expulsion.

Germination

If the seed is embedded in the right kind of soil, it will germinate. A new plant grows out of the seed. A stem reaches upward, and roots go downward into the soil. - See more at: http://www.kid-friendly-homeschool-curriculum.com/sexual-reproduction-in-plants.html#sthash.6tzZPaC6.dpuf

Pollination

Pollen is transferred from a stamen to a stigma. The stamen is the male organ in a flowering plant and the stigma is the female part.

It is helpful to review the parts of flowering plants.

Growth of Pollen Tube

A pollen tube develops to carry the pollen downward.

Pollen travels from the stigma, down the style, and into the ovule of the plant.

Fertilization

The male gamete (pollen) unites with a female gamete (ovule) to form a seed. The seeds are the embryo of the plant.

Fruit Formation

The ovary ripens and forms a fruit. The fruit may contain a single seed or multiple seeds.

Seed Dispersal

The fruit is carried away from the parent plant by wind, animal or expulsion.

Germination

If the seed is embedded in the right kind of soil, it will germinate. A new plant grows out of the seed. A stem reaches upward, and roots go downward into the soil. - See more at: http://www.kid-friendly-homeschool-curriculum.com/sexual-reproduction-in-plants.html#sthash.6tzZPaC6.dpuf

viernes, 4 de octubre de 2013

Reproduction in flowering plants

The structure of a flower
Petals: Brightly coloured. They are used to attract insects by their bright colour and scent.
Sepals: Green leaves around the outside of the flower. Sepals are usually smaller than the petals,. Used to protect the flower while it is still in bud.
Stamens: This is where pollen is made
It is the male part of the flower.
The stamen has two parts: the filament (a thin stalk) and the anther which is where pollen is made
Carpel: The carpel is the green stalk in the middle of the flower.
It is the female part of the flower.
The carpel has three parts:
At the top is the stigma. This is where pollen has to land.
Below the stigma is the style and then the ovary which is where seeds are formed 
Sexual reproduction in a flowering plant has FOUR main stages
  • Pollination: This is when pollen lands on a new flower
  • Fertilization: This is when the pollen and the seed meet
  • Seed dispersal: This is when the seed is spread around, away from the plant that made it
  • Germination : This is when the seed, having reached the ground, starts to grow into a new plant    
Pollination
A plant is pollinated when pollen from another flower reaches it.
Pollen is a yellow dust and it has to reach the stigma of the plant being pollinated.
It is usually carried by bees (or other small animals) but it can be carried by the wind.

After pollination fertilization takes place. This is when the pollen and the ovule join together to make a seed.
The seed also contains a food store, usually starch.
The part of the flower surrounding the seed is known as the fruit.
After fertilization the petals and stamens wither and die. The ovary (which forms the fruit) swells up, sometimes considerably. (ie as in the apple)

Seed dispersal
The job of the fruit is to carry the seeds as far as possible from the parent plant so the new plants have room to grow and do not compete for resources such as light, water and nutrients in the soil.
This process is called seed dispersal.

A plant will disperse their seeds four main ways:
1. The fruit is eaten by animals such as birds but are not digested. The seeds pass out the animal along with its droppings eg cherry, blackberry. These fruits look and taste nice.
2. The fruit splits open. sometimes this happens with a lot of force and the seeds are shot out. eg beans. the pod is the fruit and the beans are the seeds.
3. The fruits have little hooks. these hooks stick to the fur of animals. eg burdock.
4. The fruits have wings or hairs and this lets them get carried by the wind,. eg sycamore trees have winged fruits.
Germination is the process by which the seed actually starts to grow. 
Conditions needed for germination
The seed will not germinate untill it gets warm. As well as warmth the seed also needs oxygen and water to grow.
Without all three (Water, oxygen and warmth) the seed will not grow.

The germination period is time between planting and starting to germinate.

jueves, 26 de septiembre de 2013

Sexual Reproduction of Animals


  • Reproductive Organs
       
    The animals performed sexual reproduction through reproductive organs.


  • Phases of sexual reproduction of animals
  1.   Gamete production: the ovaries produce eggs( female animals) ; the testes produce sperm( male animals)
  2. Fertilization
  3. Development of the zygote 

Answer the following questions:

  1.  Could you name the phases of the sexual reproduction?
  2.  Have penguins a sexual or asexual reproduction?








lunes, 16 de septiembre de 2013

UNIT 1 LIVING THINGS REPRODUCE

Watch this introduction of  characteristics of living thing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhTjDWo94bg






  • Now try to sing this song about CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE.....





    1. TASK: Guess the characteristic that we are going to learn in this unit:...Come on!!!