{"id":5973,"date":"2020-05-26T08:57:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T15:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/?p=5973"},"modified":"2020-05-26T08:57:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T15:57:14","slug":"parts-of-a-plant-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/2020\/05\/26\/parts-of-a-plant-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts of A Plant &#8211; Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How do plant make there own food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Photosynthesis for Kids | Learn how plants MAKE their own food\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iln136eMl4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plants make their own food using a process called photosynthesis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The word photosynthesis can be separated to make two smaller words:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cphoto\u201d which means light<\/li>\n<li>\u201csynthesis\u201d which means putting together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What do the plants need to make food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>carbon dioxide<\/li>\n<li>water<\/li>\n<li>sunlight<a class=\"gallery_colorbox cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/photosynthesiseducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Photosynthesis-Illustration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-763\" title=\"Plants need energy from the sun, water and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis\" src=\"https:\/\/photosynthesiseducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Photosynthesis-Illustration.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photosynthesiseducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Photosynthesis-Illustration.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photosynthesiseducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Photosynthesis-Illustration-300x256.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>How does photosynthesis work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The photosynthesis is the process where sunlight reaches a plant and chlorophyll (green) in plant leaves is used to make glucose (sugars) that is food for the plant.\u00a0 Carbon dioxide goes in through the plant&#8217;s leaves and gets removed from the air we breathe.\u00a0 Then oxygen is released for us to breathe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is photosynthesis important?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photosynthesis is important because it provides two main things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>food<\/li>\n<li>oxygen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of the glucose that plants produce during photosynthesis is stored in fruits and roots. This is why we are able to eat carrots, potatoes, apples, water melons and all the others. These foods provide energy for humans and animals.<\/p>\n<p>Oxygen that is produced during photosynthesis is released into the atmosphere. This oxygen is what we breathe and we cannot live without it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s do an experiment!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Step 1:\u00a0 Fill a large bowl with lukewarm water<\/p>\n<p>Step 2:\u00a0 Go outside and find a large leaf.\u00a0 You need to pick it off a tree.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3:\u00a0 Place the leaf in the bowl of water and put a small rock on top of it so it under the water. Then put the bowl in a sunny spot.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4:\u00a0 WAIT!<\/p>\n<p>Step 5:\u00a0 Take a peek a few hours later<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">What you should be seeing is small bubbles that form around the leaf and the edges of the bowl.\u00a0 Those bubbles are the oxygen that the leaf is releasing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/plantbubbles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5980\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/plantbubbles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/plantbubbles.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/plantbubbles-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/plantbubbles-391x260.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow!\u00a0 Plants are amazing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Complete the activity below by clicking on the link.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/Photosynthesis-Worksheet.pdf\">Photosynthesis Worksheet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do plant make there own food? Plants make their own food using a process called photosynthesis. The word photosynthesis can be separated to make two smaller words: \u201cphoto\u201d which means light \u201csynthesis\u201d which means putting together What do the plants need to make food?<a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/2020\/05\/26\/parts-of-a-plant-leaves\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5973"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5986,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5973\/revisions\/5986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}