INNOVATIVE LESSON NO.

2
Name of the teacher: RAMYA H Class:9
Name of the school: GGHSS, COTTON HIL
Division: H
Subject: BIOLOGY
Duration:40 mins.
Unit: THE BIOLOGY OF MOVEMENT
Strength:39/43
Lesson: PLANT MOVEMENTS Date:
25/01/2017

Content over view: Plant movements

New terms: stimuli, response, tropic movements, nastic movements, nutation,

electro tropism, helio tropism, rheotropism, thermo tropism, trauma tropism,
epinasty, hyponasty, seismonasty etc.

Facts
The ability of an organism to respond to external stimuli- sensitivity
A detectable change in the internal/external environment stimulus
Any behavior of a living organism that result from an from an
internal/external stimulus-response
Movement of curvature that respond to the direction of the external
stimulus-tropic movement
Helical or spiral pattern of plant organs without physical contact with any
object-circum nutation
Movement of curvature in response to electric current-electro tropism
A plant movement in which the organs of plant track the sun across the
sky-helio tropism
Examples of helio tropism includes sun flower, compass plant etc.
Movement of curvature in which the root of a plant turn away from the
water current-rheotropism
The movement of curvature in response to changes in the external
stimulus-thermo tropism
Plan t movement in response to one sided injury-trauma tropism
Plant movement independent of the direction of the external stimulus-
nastic movement
The bending of an organ towards the ground not due to gravity-epinasty
The upward bending of an organ-hyponasty
Plant movement in response to atmospheric humidity-hydronasty
 The sleep movement of plant organs-nyctynasty the leaves of many
nyctinastic plants open during the day and closed at night
Movement in plants in response to touch-seismonasty
Example for seismonastic plant-mimosa pudica
Plant movement in response to physical contact without regard to the
direction of the stimulus-thigmonasty
Examples for thigmo nastic plants includes venus fly trap, sundew
Minor concepts
Stimulus is a detectable change in the internal/external stimulus
Any behavior of a living organism that result from an internal/external
stimulus is called response
Tropic movements are movements of curvature that respond to the
direction of the external stimulus
The helical or spiral pattern of movement of plant organs such as stems,
tendrils, roots, without physical contact any object are called nutation
The movement of curvature in response to electrical current are called
electro tropism
The type of plant movement in which the organs of plant rack the sun
across the sky is called heliotropism. Eg,sun flower, compass plant
The movement of curvature in which a plant organ turn away from water
current are called rheotropism
The movement of curvature in response to changes in the external
stimulus is called thermo tropism
The plant movement in response to one sided injury is called trauma
tropism
Nastic movements are the plant movements independent of the
direction of the external stimulus
The bending of an organ towards the ground not due to gravity is called
epinasty
The upward bending of an organ is called hyponasty
The plant movement in response to atmospheric humidity is called
hydronasty
The sleep movement of plant organ is called nyctynasty
The movement of plant in response to touch is called seismonasty
Example for seismonastic plant mimosa
The plant movement in response to physical contact without regard to
the direction of stimulus is called thigmonasty
Eg.,insectivorous plants such as venus fly trap, Sundew plant

Major concept
Plant exhibit movement toward/ against the stimulus

Learning out come

Understanding different types of plant movements
 Objectives in terms of specification
Recalling new terms such as tropic movements, nastic movements, nutation,
heliotropism, thermo tropism, seismonasty, epinasty etc.
Identifying different types of plant movement
Understanding various types of plant movements
Analyzing need and importance of different types of plant movements
Explaining various types of plant movements

Process skill
Observing flow chart showing different types of plant movements
Draws conclusions on various types of plant movements

Values and attitude

Develops scientific attitude to know more and more about different types
of plant movements
Interest in collecting more and more information on plant movements

Teaching learning resources

1. Paper cutting on plant movements
2. SCERT text book-9th std
3. Teachers hand book-9th std

Expected learning product

Preparing report on different types of plant movements

Pre-requisites
Plant movements do exist

Class room interaction procedure Pupils response

Introduction
What have you learned in the last class? Movement in plants

What are the different types of plant Phototropism, hydrotropism,

movements? geotropism, hapto tropism and
chemotropism.
 What is the stimulus in phototropism? Light

Stem grows towards light and root

What is the response of plant towards
grows against light
light?

Rot grows towards gravity and stem

grows against gravity
What is the response of plant towards Water
gravity? Climbers
Pollen tube grows towards the ovary
What is the stimulus in hydro tropism?
Which plants shows hapto tropism?
Give an example for chemotropism?
So, today lets discuss more about plant
movements.

ACTIVITY 1
Teacher provides a paper cutting plant
movements and students were asked to find
out answer for the questions

PLANT MOVEMENTS
Plants use movements as an adaptation to
escape or minimize injury from harmful
external factors or ensure development. Thus
for example the primary root move downward
where it can obtain water and mineral nutrients
from deep down while shoot moves upward to
be exposed to light from them.
Tropic movements are movement of
curvature that responds to the direction of the
external stimulus. The examples for tropic
movements include nutation, thermo tropism,
thigmo tropism, heliotropis etc. Nastic 1. Plant movements
2. Plants use movements as an
movements are plant movements independent
adaptation to escape or minimize
of the direction of the external stimulus.
injury from harmful external factors
Examples for nastic movements include
or ensure development
epinasty, seismonasty, hydronasty.
3. Tropic movements are movement of
DISCUSSION POINTS curvature that respond to the
1. What does the paper cutting indicates? direction of the external stimulus.
2. Why do plants exhibit movements? 4. Nutation, thermo tropism, thigmo
tropism etc.
5. Nastic movements are the plant
movements independent of the
3. What are tropic movements?
direction of the external stimulus.
6. Epinasty, seismonasty, hydronasty
etc.
4. Give example for tropic movements?

5. What are nastic movements?

6. Give examples for nastic movements?

CONSOLIDATION

Plants use movements as an adaptation

to escape or minimize injury from
harmful external factors or ensure
development
Tropic movements are movement of
curvature that respond to the direction of
the external stimulus.
Eg.Nutation,thermo tropism, thigmo
tropism etc.

Nastic movements are the plant

movements independent of the direction
of the external stimulus.
Eg.,Epinasty, seismonasty, hydronasty
etc.

ACTIVITY2
Teacher provides a flow chart showing different
types of plant movements. Students were
asked to observe the flow chart and find out
answer for the questions.

Plant movements
Tropic movement Nastic
movement

Thermo tropism
Epinasty
1. Types of plant movements
Thigmotropism 2. Tropic movements and nastic
Hyponasty movements
3. Tropic movements are
Nutation movement of curvature that
Hydronasty respond to the direction of the
external stimulus
4. Thigmotropism, thermo tropism,
Galvanotropism
nutation, galvanotropism etc.
Seismonasty
5. Sun flower, compass plant.

Heliotropism
6. Nastic movements are plant
Thigmonasty
movements independent of the
direction of the external
stimulus.

DISCUSSION POINTS 7. Opening and closing of flowers

1. What does the flow chart indicates?
2. What are two different types of plant 8. Mimosa
movements?
9. Venus fly trap, sun dew plant
3. What are tropic movements?

4. Give example for tropic movements?

5. Give example for helio tropism?

6. What are nastic movements?

7. What are hydronasty?

8. Give example for seismonasty?

9. Give example for thigmonasty?

CONSOLIDATION

Two types of plant movements includes

tropic movements and nastic movements
Tropic movements are movement of
curvature that respond to the direction of
the external stimulus
Eg.,Thigmotropism, thermotropism,
nutation, galvanotropism etc.

Nastic movements are plant movements

independent of the direction of the
external stimulus.
Eg. Epinasty, seismonasty, thigmonasty etc.

REVIEW

QUESTIONS
1. Why do plants exhibits movements?
2. What are tropic movements?
3. Give examples for tropic movements?
4. Give example for heliotropism?
5. What are nastic movements?
6. Give examples for nastic movements?
7. Give example for seismonastic plant?
8. Give example for thigmonastic plant?

ACTIVITY
Complete the illustration suitably

TROPIC MOVEMENTS PLANT MOVEMENTS NASTIC

MOVEMENTS
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
Collect more information on different types plant movements and prepare a report
on it.