Grade 2 · Science · Lesson 3

How Plants Make Food

You need to eat food to get energy — but plants don't visit a grocery store! They make their own food using something called photosynthesis.

What this lesson teaches

1Explain how plants make their own food through photosynthesis
2Name the three ingredients a plant needs — sunlight, water, and air
3Describe what the plant produces — sugar and oxygen

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