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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 9C: Plants and photosynthesis
Section 6: Checking progress

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to relate ideas about plant growth to evidence about gas exchange and to the cellular structure of the leaf
  • how ideas about plant growth have changed

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Help pupils to make a summary of the key points about photosynthesis. Provide them with information on earlier ideas about the growth of plants, eg Van Helmont's conclusions about a willow tree's growth before carbon dioxide was known; the work of Joseph Priestley, and, using the key points, discuss with them how knowledge about gases in the air and cells has helped to change ideas.
  • identify key ideas and summarise them correctly
  • recognise that scientists draw conclusions from evidence in the light of what is currently known

Points to note

  • Information about Van Helmont's ideas can be found in texts and history of science resources.

Sections in this unit

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1. a. How do plants grow?
2. b. How do plants grow?
3. a. What is the role of the leaf in photosynthesis?
4. b. What is the role of the leaf in photosynthesis?
5. c. What is the role of the leaf in photosynthesis?
6. Checking progress
7. What happens to the glucose produced in leaves?
8. What is the role of the root in photosynthesis?
9. Why are green plants important in the environment?
10. Reviewing work