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Topic plan · IGCSE Biology 0610 · Topic 6

Plant nutrition

Photosynthesis, limiting factors and how the structure of a leaf is adapted to make food.

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Unit at a glance

3 lessons, 135 minutes of teaching

Lessons
3, each planned for 45 minutes
Worksheets
3 with answer keys
Quiz questions
24 multiple-choice, assignable in the app
Lab
Photosynthesis lab
Scheme of work

The lessons in order

RefLesson packStructureWorksheetQuizLab tab
6.1Photosynthesis
A green plant builds its own food.		Anticipation / Reaction Guide6 Q, 20 marks8 MCQtab 1, tab 2, tab 3
6.1Investigating photosynthesis
You cannot watch glucose being made, so biologists look for evidence: starch in a leaf, oxygen bubbles from pondweed, a change in the colour of an indicator.		Cooperative Concept Mapping6 Q, 24 marks8 MCQtab 4, tab 5, tab 6
6.2Leaf structure
A leaf is a food factory only a fraction of a millimetre thick.		Think-Pair-Share6 Q, 19 marks8 MCQtab 7

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