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 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 mins

Plant Classification Plants are living organisms that cannot move around. Most plants make their own food through photosynthesis. 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. 3 mins

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. Plant classification 5 mins

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.