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Book 26: Making New Plants: How Flowering Plants Reproduce
Synopsis
This topic gives children an opportunity to investigate and understand how reproduction (whakaputa uri) happens in flowering plants (tupu puāwai). Flowering plants' reproductive structures are the focus of the levels 1 and 2 companion book, Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds , Book 25 in this series. You need to ensure that the concepts of that book are firmly in place before beginning this more advanced topic.
Concept overview
Use the concept overview, which is also on the inside front cover of the book, as a reference for the concepts that relate to Making New Plants: How Flowering Plants Reproduce.
Read the concept overview
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Links with other titles in the series
Companion book:
- Book 25: Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds (L1-2, Living World)
This book also has links with other books in the series:
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Book 7: The Bush
(L3-4, Living World)
develops the concepts introduced in Is This a Plant?
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Book 35: Is This a Plant?
(L1-2, Living World)
an introduction to plants’ basic features and how they are classified
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Book 44: Spring is a Season
(L3-4, Living World, Planet Earth and Beyond)
discusses the relationship between plant development and seasonal changes
Assessment resources
Search the science section of the Assessment Resource Banks (ARB) website to find resources that assess the 'big idea' learning outcomes referred to in the concept overview for this title.