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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 9D: Plants for food
Section 12: b. What is the perfect environment for growing plants?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to apply knowledge and understanding about plant growth to solve a problem
  • that different approaches to crop production contribute to sustainable development
  • to present ideas as drawings and diagrams

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Ask pupils to use their knowledge of the needs of plants and of growers to design an ideal greenhouse environment for crop production on farms. They may include control-technology devices to monitor and control the internal environment. Their plans should be presented as annotated drawings that include the reasons for each design feature.
  • Ask pupils why most food crops are not grown under protective cover.
  • present an annotated drawing of a design for a commercial greenhouse, relating this to knowledge and understanding of plant growth
  • describe the benefits and drawbacks of greenhouse crop development

Points to note


Sections in this unit

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1. a. Where does our food come from?
2. b. Where does our food come from?
3. Checking progress
4. a. How do fertilisers affect plant growth?
5. b. How do fertilisers affect plant growth?
6. a. How does competition with other plants affect plant growth?
7. b. How does competition with other plants affect plant growth?
8. a. How do pests affect plant growth?
9. b. How do pests affect plant growth?
10. c. How do pests affect plant growth?
11. a. What is the perfect environment for growing plants?
12. b. What is the perfect environment for growing plants?
13. Reviewing work