Pomegranate 2!!

Oliver Conor and Christopher give their verdict. - The pomegranate is a good model as seeds get nutrients from the pomegranate like the mother gives food to the baby. Their are lots of seeds in a pomegranate like their are lots of eggs in the ovary. The eggs are fertilised by pollen like the egg are fertilised with sperm. There is a difference as only one ova matures in a human but all the seeds mature in the pomegranate.

Melissa, Amy, Georgina and Shannon think it is a good model because the skin protects the seeds like the mothers womb protects the baby. A pomegranate gets a good supply of nutrient from the tree like a human gets a good supply of nutrients from the blood that flows from the placenta.

There is one difference though a pomegranate keeps producing seed but a mother stops making eggs when she is about 50.

James, Nico, Euan, Nathan and Nicol. We think it is a good model too because the seeds represent all the ova in the human. The skin means you can't see inside the fruit just like you can't see inside the mother. Both pomegranates and eggs need vitamins to grow.

Here we are having a pomegranate tasting session as they are good for preventing heart disease and some cancers.