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Wild and cultivated plants

From Happy Learning

Wild and cultivated plants
5 min2nd3rd4thScience
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Summary

Happy Learning explains the difference between plants that grow on their own and ones people farm. A clear, friendly animated lesson that drops easily into a unit, a center, or a quick review.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Plants are living things that make their own food and grow almost everywhere -- and we depend on them for food and the air we breathe.

  1. What did this video teach you about plants?
  2. What do plants need to live and grow?
  3. Why are plants important to animals and people?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: plant, leaf, root, photosynthesis, grow, seed.

Try it: Find a plant near you and draw its parts, labeling the leaves, stem, and roots.