Monday, 25 January 2010

Science : seed dispersal

We talked about the reaons plants needs to disperse its seeds as far
away from the parent plant as possible
- light
- water
-nutrients
.... All difficult to find close to the parent plant

We lear ed about the ways that plants disperse seeds
1 roll and drop - apples oranges conkers etc
2 animals
- eat and excrete - tomatoes strawberries
- hide and hoarde - acorns
- carch a ride - sticky buds ( burr)
3 wind - dandelion sycamore poppy
4 explosion - seeds im pods - beans peas laburnum
5 water - coconut

We made notes as we spoke on the whiteboard

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