Lesson Plan: B2.2.01

Hamble Lesson Observation Plan
Learning About
(Setting-up) Required Practical: How do light and gravity affect plant growth?
Keywords:
  • Tropisms : The growth of a plant towards or away from a particular stimulus. (1)
  • Auxin : Plant hormones that cause cells to grow. (1)
  • Seed : The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant. (1)
Memory Anchor:
Method Precise Learning Objective Linked Question / Activity
(Designed for maximum working out)		 Stepping Stones Pitstop Check
(Thinking Map)
(Separates only) Required Practical 8 - Effect of Light / Gravity on Seeds (Length and Biological Drawings) (AT skills 1,3,4,7)

Students plan the investigation, taking care to identify variables and describe a method. Students set up cress seeds. Investigating light: Some in a dark cupboard, some on window sill, some in cardboard box with a hole cut in one side. Investigating gravity: some flat on the windowsill, some taped sideways on the wall of the windowsill (make cress seeds are secure).
Links To the Big Ideas
ForcesParticlesEnergyCells