Science in Action – Reproduction – a 19m video.
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B8 Syllabus Statements
All the B8 Revision Notes (in downloadable word format) can be found below (in each sub-section). Here are the key terms and definitions for B8 Reproduction: Key Terms B8
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9.4 Reproduction in Plants
9.4 plant reproduction from Bob Smullen
A 13m 18s video lesson covering all of 9.4 from Dan Rott:
An 18m video clip on plant reproduction from ‘The amazing lives of plants’ (MacGraw-Hill) – we do not need to know about double fertilisation though:
FERTILISATION
An animated, narrated tutorial on the life cycle of an angiosperm (which also includes a quiz from Sinauer Associates) and Double Fertilisation in Angiosperms (University of Kent & UCA). Both go into much more detail than you need (we don’t need to know about double fertilisation) but they are good.
POLLINATION
The beautiful tricks of flowers – a 14m TED-Ed talk from Jonathan Drori and here’s ‘The Beauty of Pollination’ from Louie Schwartzberg (TED):
In Crash Course Biology #38 – The Plants & The Bees: Plant Reproduction, Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction.
GERMINATION
Mung bean time-lapse of germination:
Also here are radish seeds germinating & sprouting roots & shoots (46s).
PHOTOPERIODISM
A fantastic animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on Phytochrome signalling.
B8.2 Sexual Reproduction in Plants
Plant reproduction from chduncan
B8.2 Revision Notes in downloadable word format.
Flower dissection by Mr Exham (Mr Exham.com):
A lesson on Plant Reproduction from Mr Dare:
Some TIMELAPSE videos:
- Dandelion flower to seed in 1m 40s
- Pear flower to fruit in 1m 11s
- Climbing bean germination in 2m 40s
- Mung bean germination in 2m 50s
A 3m 27s vid on Germination from Bitesize Top 20 Demos
The beautiful tricks of flowers – a 14m TED-Ed talk from Jonathan Drori, and here’s The Beauty of Pollination:
TEXTBOOK REVISION
IGCSE Biology: Coursebook, chapter 13, pp.182 – 191