How Plants Grow and Make Food

How the World Works · Run a fair test to find out what a plant needs to grow well.

Name: ____________

Date: __________

🎬 First, watch How Plants Grow for Kids (Learn Bright)

🙌 Then try: Two Bean Seeds — Sprout two beans on damp cotton, keep one in sunlight and one in the dark, water both the same, and watch which grows stronger over a week.

Predict which bean grows better, light or dark.
Observe both beans each day for a week.
Draw your beans on day 1, day 4, and day 7 and measure them.
Label a plant drawing with roots, stem, and leaves.

💭 Think about it

Why do you think the leaves are the part of the plant that catches sunlight?

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