"learn about photosynthesis and how to care for plants"
Learning objective:
Plants are living organisms that require light, water, and air to survive. Plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Plants come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from small mosses to giant redwood trees.
Plants: The Basics
Photosynthesis: the process by which green plants use sunlight to make their own food. Plant Cells: the basic unit of life in plants that can be found in leaves, stems, and roots. Adaptation: a process by which plants change over time in order to survive in their environment.
Concepts:
Plants can feel when they are being touched and respond by growing towards the source of the touch. Plants produce their own sunscreen to protect themselves from ultraviolet radiation. Plants have the ability to communicate with each other through a network of underground fungi.
Did you know?
Work together in pairs: Q: What is one way to care for a plant to ensure that it gets enough energy to complete photosynthesis?
How do plants make their own food?
Work together in pairs: What is the process by which plants make their own food?
Brain break: Draw a tree, but with cupcakes on its branches instead of leaves.
What is the process by which plants make their own food called?
- Photosynthesis
- Respiration
- Digestion
- Circulation
What do plants need in order to grow?
- Sunlight, water and nutrients
- Water and air
- Air and sunlight
What is the name of a plant's 'drink straw' that absorbs water from the soil?
What part of a plant helps it to make food?
What do you call a group of trees growing together in an area?