1. Seed Structure & Function

Success Criteria

Your learning has been successful if you can do the following:

I can define ‘germination’.
I can label a diagram of a seed.
I can correctly dissect a broad bean seed and identify seed structures.
I can describe each of the structures making up the germinating seed.

Vocabulary

Learn these so you can communicate this concept well.

Plumule: The first shoot that comes out of the seed.
Testa: The outer covering of the seed.
Cotyledon: The energy needed for the seed to germinate.
Radicle: The first root that comes out of the seed.
Micropyle: Where the water can get into the seed.
Germination: The life process in which a seed changes from being dormant to actively growing.
Seed: The embryonic stage of a plant. It has the potential to germinate and grow into a plant.

Hei Mahi (Do Now)

Do Now in your OneNote/Notebook:

Write one sentence to explain the function of a seed.

Exit Task

In your Learning Journal:

Re-write this interpreting question so it is asking about Seed Structure & Function:

How do the parts influence the whole?

Then, write an answer for it.

Exit Task

In your Learning Journal:

Re-write this interpreting question so it is asking about the testa:

What does it remind you of?

Then, write an answer for it.

A SEED is the embryonic stage of a plant. It has the potential to germinate and grow into a plant.

Germination is the life process in which a seed changes from being dormant to actively growing.

Grass Level Task - Wordwalls!

Sky Level Task - Seed Structure and Function

Label the structures and complete the table.

S1.10 (1) Seed Structure and Function.pdf

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