Grades 2–5
Open a Bean Seed
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Science worksheet · Flowers, seeds and photosynthesis
How Plants Make Food
Fill in six sentences about photosynthesis, then explain what happens to a plant kept in the dark.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Flowers and pollination, Seeds, Photosynthesis
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Photosynthesis is how a plant makes its own food in its leaves, using light, water and air.
- 1. Fill in the blanks.
- 1. Leaves take in from the air through tiny holes.
- 2. Roots take in from the soil.
- 3. Leaves use energy from to make food.
- 4. The green color in leaves,
- 5. The food a plant makes is a kind of
- 6. Plants give off
Words on this sheet
carbon dioxidewatersugaroxygen
Teacher tip
Put one plant in a dark closet for a week as a real test.
How to use it
- Take apart a real flower with tweezers.
- Show seeds that fly, stick or float.
- Let partners compare answers and settle any differences with a book or a video.
Watch for
Plants don’t eat soil. They make food from light, air and water.
Talk about it
- How do seeds get to new places?
- How could we find out if that is true?
Take it further
Plant a pollinator garden in a pot by the window.
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