Multiplying by dividing: cotton plant reproduction

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Qld, NSW, SA, NT, ACT, Tas, WA

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Year 8

- 9

Curriculum 8.4

Curriculum 9.0:

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cotton, plant, reproduction, cell, structure, gene, engineer, growth

Multiplying by dividing: cotton plant reproduction

For Science year 8 and Agriclture year 9. This unit of 20 X 40 minute lessons looks at plant reproduction using the cotton plant as an exemplar. It is aligned to the Australian Curriculum. It looks at how plants and animals reproduce, plant and animal cell structures and how they differ, the parts of flowers, fruit, seeds and cotton plants, investigating conditions for growth, how to engineer cotton, views of gene technology. It is based on the five Es