Sample Activity of Integration on LSC S1:Reproduction in Plants

You and your young siblings were taking a walk in village. You met a farmer at his garden, in one part of the garden, the farmer had planted orange trees and were growing well. In the other part of the garden the farmer had grown passion fruits plants which also had flowers and a lot of insects around them. The passion fruit plants were not growing well. Your siblings asked the farmer why the passion fruit plants were not growing well and the farmer told them he has failed to get proper Understanding on how to grow passion fruits like he has managed with orange fruits.

Task:
Write a presentation to help the farmer understand passion fruits growing for local and international consumption.
Chapter 8 summary
In this chapter, you have learnt about:

• Pollination and fertilisation in plants
• Seeds and fruit dispersal as well as vege tative propagation.
• Role of insects in crop production and how various parts of plants give rise to new plants.