BTEC Advanced Award in Seed Conservation Science
 Description
of the Course
This Level 3 BTEC Advanced Award in Seed Conservation for The Royal
Botanic Gardens, Wakehurst Place is designed to specifically address
the global challenge of educating people around the world of the importance
of plants to our ecosystem.
The qualification will equip individuals with the knowledge and understanding
of the skills employed by scientists working on the important task of
seed conservation. Aimed at students aged 16-18 the BTEC qualification
complements topics addressed in the A Level Biology syllabus. The practical
tasks and activities contained in the courseware encourage students to
discover how scientists in different countries undertake seed collection
and conservation, undertake wider research in the field and form links
with science students in other countries studying similar topics.
The course content has been created by scientists and educators at The
Royal Botanic Gardens, Wakehurst Place, home of the global Millennium
Seed Bank Project. The learning material provides opportunities for students
to learn from these leading experts in plant conservation and research.
School workshops
RBG, Wakehurst Place offers schools licensed to use the courseware the
opportunity to undertake assessment opportunities for the course at the
Millennium Seed Bank. The teacher guidance for the qualification suggests
how schools may like to work with the courseware before and after the
ideal scenario, a practical science workshop visit to Wakehurst Place
or other centre of excellence. Further information is available from
the Education Department at Wakehurst Place. However, it is recognised
that many schools will not be able to travel to West Sussex so the material
has been designed to be delivered in school as part of the A Level curriculum.
The BTEC course is designed to take 30 guided learning hours of study.
Schools licenced by Londonlearning to use the courseware are permitted
to use the materials with different age groups. Courseware can be downloaded
from Londonlearning to a school’s Intranet or installed from a
CD-ROM.
Students wishing to be assessed for the qualification must register
through their schools with Edexcel through
Londonlearning. Details are available at www.London-learning.com Schools
must keep an electronic file of
student’s completed tasks and activities and internally assess
that all tasks are completed. Londonlearning will administer an online
test as part of the assessment. A candidate fee is charged for sitting
the online exam.
Aims
The BTEC Advanced Award in Seed Conservation for The Royal Botanic Gardens,
Wakehurst Place is designed to meet the following aims:
. To provide online studies in seed conservation and
ecosystem sustainability that are directly relevant to the needs of
students, universities
and employers
. To provide a programme of online
study that is informative and challenging
. To assist students to develop
the knowledge, skills
and attitudes that are essential for career development
in Plant Science
. To support teachers in schools
and colleges with high quality
blended learning Science materials
. To promote
the international centre of excellence that is the UK Millennium Seed
Bank Project
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Unit Contents
Unit 1
Understanding ecosystems dependency on plants
. Defining ecosystems
. Seed conservation science
. Plant properties, uses of plants
. Ecosystem capacity
. Protection and conservation
. Biodiversity maintenance
Unit 2
Analysing threats to plants
. Threats to plants
. Effects of deforestation
. Human activity
. Proximate causes
. Socio-economic factors
. Tropical rain forests
. Drylands
Unit 3
Investigating seed conservation processes
. Purpose of seed banks
. The Millennium Seed Bank Project
. Global partners
. Orthodox seeds
. Collecting
. Drying
. Cleaning
. X-raying
. Sealing
. Banking
. Germination
. Storage
. Technology
Demo of the Course
Click here to view the demo of
the course
Licensing / Order Information
e-mail: international@edexcel.org.uk
The
Seed Conservation Science support service for learners is available from
Londonlearning.
Contact: info@London-learning.com
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