Page 28 - Biology for Advanced Secondary Schools Teachers Guide Form Five

Biology for Advanced Level Secondary Schools

for information on the types of growth movements in plants
(tactic movement, nastic movement, and tropic movement).
2. Guide students to explore plants showing nastic and tropic
movements. Ask them to describe what they have observed.
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3. Assign students to do Exercise 4.5 from the Student’s Book.
Mark the exercise and provide feedback.

4.5 Plant hormones (Phytohormones)

Teaching steps

1. Guide students in groups to discuss types of plant hormones.
Check whether students participate actively in group discussion.
Guide them to present their group work.

2. Guide students to search for information from the library and
internet sources about application of synthetic phytohormones
in agriculture.

3. Guide students to conduct a field visit to a nearby botanical
garden or any other facility where application of synthetic
phytohormones is done. Ask them to describe what they have
observed.

Revision exercise 4

Assign students to do Revision exercise 4 from the Student’s
Book. Mark the exercise and provide feedback.

Aswers for exercises
Answers for Exercises and Revision exercise 4 can be obtained from
Student’s Book or any other biology sources.

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