1. Plants and Using Information
Units 9C & 9D

2. What is this unit about? Understanding how plants work
Working out ways to show people how we can live our lives to the best ability.

3. Key Facts to Learn
Plants gain glucose through a process called photosynthesis
Things can be added to help plants grow (fertilizers)
Farming can also cause problems if not used correctly

4. Key facts to learn: Part 2 (of 2)
We can get information when looking at a plants, insects and even people behaviour.
Learning how to interpret this behaviour can help in solving crimes
We need to consider lots of different things before we can make a decision

5. Textbook topics 9C & 9D

6. You can use it to help (look up the title of your lesson to help
Use this title to help find your notes for revision
Learning Outcomes are also found here
They are called “I Can”

7. Homework: Individual Learning Tasks (ILTs)
This topic will take around 5 weeks and your homework will be a large task with different parts to finish each week.
Your homework task …

8. Should we use Genetically Modified Organisms for food?
We will solve this in a debate
A debate is an organized discussion (argument) between two teams
Each team has:
An Enforcer
A Sniper
A Captain
You will choose your role later

9. ILT Task: Should we use GM Foods
Week 1: Research about how we normally get food and the problems we may find.
Week 2: Work on creating counter arguments
Week 3: Write a speech saying why you think we should use GM food
Week 4: Write a speech saying why you think we should not use GM food
Week 5: Revision for final assessment task

10. Booklets
You will receive a booklet containing what you need for this topic
This booklet does not leave the classroom!
Collect it at the start
Leave it behind at the end

11. What do you know already?
Complete the Target Sheets,
you can work with friends
but make sure you can explain everything yourself too
Set yourself a target of what you would like to achieve with this topic