Plant Biology with Year 8 Science
This term, Year 8 Science is studying plant biology.
In one part of the plant biology topic, we looked at flowers and their parts. Flowers are the part of the plant used for reproduction. During the practical lesson, we had to identify the male and female reproductive organs of the plants.
Beautiful book work by Zara-Jane and Emmalynn
Science 8.6 looked at three different types of Australian native plants. We used dissecting equipment and the students had to make sure that they were responsible with the instruments and stayed safe. We dissected Callistemons, Grevilleas, and Eucalyptus flowers.
During the practical, we had to dissect out the stem, petal, sepal, anther, filament, stamen, stigma, style and the plant ovary. Each part was placed onto a worksheet that allowed us to make comparisons between the different flower types.
There was a lot of variation between the parts of the flowers. Most of them were of different colours and sizes. The students were also told to make notes on their work and our class (and teacher) loves neat bookwork.
Overall this practical was fun and the students enjoyed pulling apart the sections of a flower and identifying them.
Written by Miabella M and Lauren G. Photography by Miabella M. (for 8.6 Science).
Debra Bourne - Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching
