Old KS4 Science Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Students will be able to define plant hormones and their functions
Students will be able to explain the role of auxins and gibberellins in plant growth and development
Students will be able to describe the effects of plant hormones on tropisms and growth responses
Students will be able to analyze how plant hormones are used in agriculture and horticulture
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Words and meanings to learn
gravity
The force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass.
seedling
A young plant, especially one raised from seed and not from a cutting.
gibberellins
Any of a group of plant hormones that stimulate stem elongation, germination, and flowering.
shoots
In botany, they consist of stems including their appendages, the leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems and flower buds.
ethene
The systematic chemical name for ethylene.
Resources: Whiteboard and markers, Meiosis and fertilisation diagrams, Videos or animations of meiosis and fertilisation
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