Choose your favourite activities below to design your own bespoke full day workshop to suit you and your learners
Please Note: This workshop is only available for
- 8 weeks at Key Stage 4 and Level 3
- 6 weeks at Key Stage 2 and 3
Week One – Structure and Functions of Plants
- Introduction to the structure and functions of plants
- Anatomy of plants
- Dissection of plants
- Photosynthesis
- Investigation on factors effecting the rate of photosynthesis
- Presentation of results
Week Two – Respiration & Water Uptake (KS4 and level 3)
- Introduction to the science of aerobic and anaerobic respiration
- Structure and functions of mitochondria
- Investigation on factors effecting the rate of respiration
- Presentation of results
- Theory of the movement of water including diffusion and osmosis
- Practical to demonstrate Diffusion
- Discussion of results
- Practical to demonstrate osmosis
- Discussion
Week Three – Transpiration & Translocation (KS4 and level 3)
- Theory of translocation and transpiration
- Estimation of transpiration rates using a potometer
- Estimating transpiration rates using a potometer
- Discussion of results
- Factors effecting water uptake and loss
- Group presentation of research
- Discussion
Week Four – Plant Growth & Development
- Introduction to life cycle types such as ephemeral, annual, biennial and perennial
- Process and stages of germination
- Types of germination
- Group research on forms of pollution and fertilisation including seed production, fruit formation, dispersal, asexual and vegetative
reproduction
- The theory of cell division
- Microscopic evidence of cell division in root tip
- Formation of roots, shoots, buds and leaves
Week Five – Investigation of Soil Science
- What is soil?
- Investigation of different soil types
- Discussion of observations
- The formation of soil
- Properties of soil particles
- Water holding capacity and human factors that can alter this
- Presentation of results
Week Six – Relationship of Soil & Plants
- Theory of aeration, stability and organic matter of soil
- What is pH?
- pH levels of different soil types
- Investigation of pH levels of different soil types
- Effects of soil structure on plant growth
- Group research on the benefits and problems created by cultivation methods
- Group presentation on the benefits and problems created by cultivation methods
Week Seven – Human Influences of Plant and Soil Science part 1
- Introduction to the human practices in use and management of soils that are sustainable
- The impact of deforestation and land clearance upon plant communities and soil formation processes
- Group research project on a deforestation and land formation to be presented in the form of either social media information,
magazine article or video documentary
- Discussion of progress
Week Eight – Human Influences of Plant and Soil Science part 2
- Recap on objectives of week six
- Presentation of group presentation with peer and formal assessment
- Discussion
- Impact of cropping and value of cropping rotation
- Investigation of research completed on value of cropping rotation
- Discussion of research