True or False?! Write numbers 1 to 7 into the back of your book. Listen to each statement and decide whether it is true or false.

The Green Machine Lesson Objectives C/W Date:………………….. The Green Machine Lesson Objectives To describe the structure of the leaf. To explain how the leaf structure is adapted to its function. Success Criteria Be able to draw the leaf structure Be able to carry out the practical to look at a leaf Define functions

What part of the plant makes food for the plant?

Leaves

This process is called …. Photosynthesis is a chemical process that plants use to make their food (glucose) using energy from the sun. Where does this occur? LEAVES Leaves then use this food to generate other substances!

Leaf Structure

Leaf Challenge! Make a model of the leaf: Cut around the black line. Label the different layers of the leaf using the worksheet ‘Structure of a leaf’. Match the letters to each other. Glue your leaf model together. Glue your worksheet into your book.

Palisade Cell

Practical Time!

Now do exactly the same but the underneath of the leaf! Take a leaf Paint clear nail varnish on the top of the leaf Let it dry Take the selotape and stick the tape to the film of the nail varnish Then peel the selotape off, which will peel off the nail varnish impression. Now stick the selotape to a microscope slide Look and see! Now do exactly the same but the underneath of the leaf!

1.Draw the slide 2.Describe what you see Leaf Structure Draw your observations into a box and describe what you can see underneath your drawing. Leaf Top 1.Draw the slide 2.Describe what you see Leaf underneath Extension Question: How many stomata can you see on the top and the bottom?

What is a microscope?

What can we see?

Palisade Cell

What can we see?

Activities Leafy Matter 1 The parts of the leaf

Leaf structure and function C/W Date:………………….. Leaf structure and function Lesson Objectives To describe the structure of the leaf. To explain how the leaf structure is adapted to its function. Success Criteria Be able to draw the leaf structure Be able to carry out the practical to look at a leaf Define functions

Plenary

Memory Game!