GCSE Biology Topic 3: Plant Disease and Defences
In this GCSE Biology Topic 3: Plant Disease and Defences lesson pupils will explain how mineral deficiency can cause disease in plants, review some pathogens which infect plants and their effects and describe the physical, chemical, mechanical defences plants use to protect themselves.
The slides include extension questions, and your students can choose from a variety of different tasks.
This lesson includes:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Group reading (literacy)
- Identify the disease
- Task boxes
- Handout sheet task
- Comprehension questions
- Answer slides included for self-assessment
- Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
- Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plant-diseases-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12357901
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