Essential Question:
• How can we use prior knowledge, illustrations,
and the direct text to help us classify plants
into different categories?
What differences can you see between
these plants?
Plant Classification
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In pairs collect a worksheet each.
Use the information on the next 2 slides to fill in the blanks on
your worksheet on classifying plants.
You have 3 minutes
To answer Q 1 – 4.
You have 5 minutes
To answer Q 5 - 15
Plant Classification
Plants are living organisms that cannot move around.
Most plants make their own food through photosynthesis.
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Vascular Tissues are similar to animals
blood vessels. In plants they are called
xylem and phloem, they transport
nutrients and water to cells in the plant.
Seeds contain a baby plant
(embryonic plant) the outer
covering provides safety and
nutrients to the seedling.
Spores are a small single celled reproductive structure normally
spread by non-flowering plants like fungi.
Plant classification
Mosses: They have simple leaves and shallow roots, with no proper
vascular systems. The leaves are very small and are not covered
with a waterproof, waxy cuticle layer. Mosses, Angiosperm and Lichen
are often found in damp areas as they dry out easily. They reproduce
using spores.
Ferns: They have proper roots and stems, and leaf-like fronds. The
leaves are not covered in a waterproof, waxy cuticle layer and so they
dry out easily and are generally found in damp places. They do have a
vascular system. They reproduce using spores.
Conifers: They have vascular tissues. They are large plants with
proper roots and stems and needle-shaped leaves with a waxy cuticle.
They are good at surviving in dry or cold climates. They reproduce
using seeds found in cones.
Flowering Plants: They have vascular tissues. They have proper
roots and stems and have flowers. Their leaves are large and flat and
have a waxy cuticle. They reproduce using seeds found in fruits.
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Plant Classification
Answers to Q 5 – 15:
5. Spores, vascular
tissue
6. Angiosperm, Mosses
Lichen
7. Spores, vascular
tissue
8. Ferns
9. Seeds, vascular
tissues
10. Cones
11. Conifers
12. Flowers
13. Flowering Plants.
Confidence Check
Show from 1-5 on how confident you are on each success
criteria.
1 is not at all confident, 5 is super confident
Success criteria
3. I can describe the differences between plants with vascular
tissues and waterproof cuticles and plants without.