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Gets Planted

From The Magic School Bus · 1996

Gets Planted
26 min2nd3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

Phoebe turns into a plant, and the class learns how plants make their own food. They discover photosynthesis, powered by sunlight.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Phoebe turns into a plant, and the class learns how plants make their own food.

  1. What does a plant need to make its own food?
  2. Why are leaves so important to a plant?
  3. What do plants give off that animals need?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: photosynthesis, sunlight, leaf.

Try it: Draw a leaf and label what goes in and what comes out during photosynthesis.