Fruit and seed dispersal | Biology - Science of the Harvest

This clip examines the importance of fruit as a means of seed dispersal for plants, and the science involved in ripening - explaining why ripe fruit is created to look and taste so appetising. Subscribe for more Biology clips from BBC Teach on Mondays when we have them in: http://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bbc_teach ===================== Stefan Gates reveals the importance of the cold of winter for the development of summer fruit, through the mysterious process of vernalisation. He unpicks how vernalisation actually works, using an apple tree as an example. This clip is from the BBC series Science of the Harvest. Food fanatic Stefan Gates explores the science behind agriculture's most important event, harvest. To grow good food, and enough of it, farmers need to understand the science behind the harvest. For our Science of the Harvest playlist: http://bit.ly/scienceoftheharvest For our Biology playlist: http://bit.ly/BBCTeachBiology For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p01k339f. ===================== Teaching Biology or Science? This clip could act as a stimulus for a project about the circadian and annual rhythms of plants. Students could be taught about the way that plants have adapted to their environments. Can they explain why deciduous plants drop their leaves, or pines have needles in place of leaves? Can they identify how plants which live in tropical rainforests are different from those in alpine conditions? This could easily be extended to cover the annual cycles of these plants. Students could look at the impact that poor weather has on farming in a more general sense. What implications does global warming have for UK farmers? This may mean more rain as well as higher temperatures. This clip will be relevant for teaching Biology or Science. This topic appears in KS3/GCSE in England, Wales, and in Northern Ireland and 3rd and 4th level and SQA National 4 in Scotland. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More resources for teachers from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/teach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature, Early Years