Key Stage 2 programme - Dispersal of fruits and seeds workshop
In this session, primary school students use a large variety of native and exotic seeds and investigate the connection between structure and dispersal mechanisms. The dispersal of fruits and seeds workshop is part of a half day or full day visit that is tailored to suit the needs of your group and planned in detail prior to the visit.
A typical wind-dispersed seed - Key Stage 2 students learn about seed dispersal.
Overview
Students look at a variety of seeds showing different methods of seed dispersal. This is followed by an exercise where students have to sort the seeds provided by dispersal mechanisms.
- Length: Typical session - 45 minutes.
- Group size: 30 students (maximum).
- Minimum supervision required: 1 adult per 8 students.
Programme cost: Part of a full day visit - fee starts at £180 | Part of a half day visit - fee starts at £130 | See our detailed pricing plan for more information.
Learning outcomes
School visits at Wakehurst support and enhance the curriculum offered in schools. We aim to give students opportunities that are difficult or impossible to create in the school environment.
As teachers ourselves, we design our sessions to match the learning outcomes in the National Curriculum. At the moment, the new government has withdrawn the changes planned for 2010/11 and will be producing new curriculum guidelines. Once they have done that, we will re-visit the learning outcomes for our sessions.
The learning outcomes shown apply to the curriculum as it is at this time. Please note that all our sessions have a cross-curricular approach and are tailored to suit the educational needs of your group. This session offers students the opportunity to learn to:
- note the variety of shapes, sizes and structures in nature through viewing native and exotic seeds
- think about why seeds need to be dispersed
- identify different seed dispersal mechanisms in a variety of seeds
- group seeds by their dispersal mechanism.
Links with QCA/DfE schemes of work
National Curriculum Science
- Sc2 Life processes and living things - Life processes; Green plants; Variation and classification.
QCA Science
- Unit 5B: Life cycles.
- Unit 5-6H: Enquiry in environmental and technological contexts.
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A typical day at Wakehurst Place is made up of three activities of approximately 45 minutes each, two in the morning and one after lunch.
Once you've selected the combination of workshops and trails for your group, you can make a school booking to visit Wakehurst by filling in our online form.
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