2. Table of Contents
1. What is Pollination? 6. Seed Dispersal Methods
2. Pollination Process 7. Vocab. 1
3. What is Fertilization? 8. Vocab. 2
4. Fertilization Process 9. Vocab. 3
5. Seed Dispersal 10. End
3. What is Pollination?
The transfer of pollen from the anther to
the stigma.
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4. Pollination Process
Plant grows and eventually flowers
Bee/Butterfly visits flower and is dusted in pollen
Bee/Butterfly visits another flower and the pollen
rubs onto the stigma
Flower dies and seed pod develops. Some plants
develop fruit around the seed ex. Blackberry
Seed dispersal
A seed germinates
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6. Fertilization Process
Pollen lands on stigma
Pollen goes down the style and enters
the ovary
Fertilizes ovules
Ovary swells as seed ripens
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7. Seed dispersal
Plants need to disperse their seeds away
from themselves to stop overcrowding
and to create new colonies.
Nearly all seeds are produced within
“fruits”.
These fruits enable seeds to be dispersed
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in a variety of ways.
8. Seed Dispersal Methods
Wind Method Catching a Lift Method
Animal Food Method
Bursting Method
Drop and Roll Method
Shakers Method
Further description of
Water Method
each methods
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9. Vocabulary (Female
Organs)
Stigma- the sticky part of the pistil that
pollen sticks to
Style- is long outgrowth of the ovary that
collects pollen from the stamens
Ovary- the base part of the pistil that holds
the ovules
Ovules- the unfertilized seeds of the plant
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10. Vocab. cont’
Pistil (carpel) - the female part of the flower
that contains the stigma, ovary, style, and
ovules
Anther- the part of the flower that holds the
Male Organs
pollen
Filament- the long thread-like part of the
flower that holds the anthers out so insects
can get to the pollen
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11. Vocab. cont’
Petal- the colorful part of the flower that
attracts insects and other pollinators
Receptacle- the top of the flower stalk that
bears the flower parts
Sepal- the part that covers the outside of a
flower bud to protect the flower before it
opens
Germinate- to develop into a plant or
individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
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12. Resources
Seed dispersal:
http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/science/plants_pt2/dispe
rsal.htm
Original website of the lessons:
http://www.gamequarium.com/plants.html
Fruits:
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case4/c4f-enlarge.html
Flower Parts definitions:
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case4/c4m1.html
Fertilization definition and process:
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/glossary/fertilization.html
Plant reproduction activity:
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/plant_repro/eng/Introduction/activity1pop.htm
Plant reproduction activities and pollination process:
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/plant_repro/eng/Introduction/activity2pop.htm