Plants and Using Information Units 9C & 9D

What is this unit about? Understanding how plants work Working out ways to show people how we can live our lives to the best ability.

Key Facts to Learn Plants gain glucose through a process called photosynthesis Things can be added to help plants grow (fertilizers) Farming can also cause problems if not used correctly

Key facts to learn: Part 2 (of 2) We can get information when looking at a plants, insects and even people behaviour. Learning how to interpret this behaviour can help in solving crimes We need to consider lots of different things before we can make a decision

Textbook topics 9C & 9D

You can use it to help (look up the title of your lesson to help Use this title to help find your notes for revision Learning Outcomes are also found here They are called “I Can”

Homework: Individual Learning Tasks (ILTs) This topic will take around 5 weeks and your homework will be a large task with different parts to finish each week. Your homework task …

Should we use Genetically Modified Organisms for food? We will solve this in a debate A debate is an organized discussion (argument) between two teams Each team has: An Enforcer A Sniper A Captain You will choose your role later

ILT Task: Should we use GM Foods Week 1: Research about how we normally get food and the problems we may find. Week 2: Work on creating counter arguments Week 3: Write a speech saying why you think we should use GM food Week 4: Write a speech saying why you think we should not use GM food Week 5: Revision for final assessment task

Booklets You will receive a booklet containing what you need for this topic This booklet does not leave the classroom! Collect it at the start Leave it behind at the end

What do you know already? Complete the Target Sheets, you can work with friends but make sure you can explain everything yourself too Set yourself a target of what you would like to achieve with this topic