Week 06 · Thursday: What Plants Need to Grow (Science Launch G2)

Thursday: Plants make their own food

Rocket is snacking on an apple.

"What does a plant eat?" he asks.

Raven looks at a leaf in the sun. "What do you notice?"

Nova projects a picture of sunbeams. "Hint: plants are chefs."

"They make their own food?" Rocket gasps.

Plants make their own food.

They use sunlight, water and gases from the air.

They make a kind of sugar that they need to live.

That is why light and water matter so much.

PLANT CHEF

What do plants use to make food?

What kind of food do plants make?

Sentence	True or false?
Plants make their own food.	?
Plants need sunlight to make food.	?
Plants get food from rocks.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEPlants make food from sunlight, water and air.

Check your test

Look at your two plants today.
Write what you notice in your table.

FOOD FACTORY

What did Nova say plants are like?

Which plant part uses light to help make food?

Plants take gases from where?

Why do light and water matter so much?

Sentence	True or false?
Plants make a kind of sugar.	?
Plants need that sugar to live.	?
Leaves have nothing to do with food.	?
Water helps plants make food.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISELeaves use light, water and air to make food.

Draw a leaf in the sun. Add water and air arrows.

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Paper: P-A-P-E-R.

Together: T-O-G-E-T-H-E-R.

Got: G-O-T.

FIND THE WORD

Find the word you hear.

FILL THE GAP

Write your answer on the ___.

We built the tower ___.

We ___ wet in the rain.

Amazing learning! Tomorrow we see how people help plants grow.