What Plants Need

FREE SCIENCE ADVENTURE · The Great Glasshouse

What Plants Need

Plants · Greenhouse Gate · Guided by Sproutling

Explain plant needs using observations rather than treating soil as plant food.

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Learning target

Explain plant needs using observations rather than treating soil as plant food.

Vocabulary and key concepts

Living things; water; light; air; space; suitable conditions

Accuracy notes

Plants make food using light, air and water; soil supplies support/minerals, not ready-made plant food. No photosynthesis equation required.

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