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How do plants make their own food? Simple, true living world facts for young children, each with a fun fact, a tiny activity and a question to talk about together.

Tap a question to reveal the answer, share the fun fact, try the tiny activity, then talk about it together.

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How do plants make their own food? Revealexpand_more

Green leaves work like tiny kitchens. They take in sunlight, drink water from the roots and breathe in a gas from the air, then mix them together to make sugar for food. As they cook, they let out the fresh air that we breathe.

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Talk about itPlants feed themselves and us. What is one meal you are grateful for?

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Did you know?This leafy cooking has a big name, photosynthesis, which simply means making things with light.

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Try itLook at the underside of a leaf. Those tiny lines carry water and air to the little kitchens all over the leaf.

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🍄🌞Why do plants need sunshine?🔗What is a food chain?🌊Why are the oceans so important?

🤖Still curious?Which gas do plants breathe in, and which do they give out?arrow_forward

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What is a food chain? Revealexpand_more

A food chain shows who eats what in nature. It often starts with a plant that makes its own food, then a small animal eats the plant, and a bigger animal eats that one. Energy from the sun passes along the chain link by link.

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Talk about itWhere do you think you fit in a food chain?

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Did you know?If you follow almost any food chain back to the start, you land on a plant and the sunlight it caught.

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Try itMake a simple chain out loud, grass, then rabbit, then fox. Can you invent a different one with a sea animal?

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🍄🌿How do plants make their own food?🪱Why is soil so important?🐝Why do bees collect pollen?

🤖Still curious?What happens to a food chain if one animal disappears?arrow_forward

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Why is soil so important? Revealexpand_more

Soil is much more than plain dirt. It holds water and food that plants need to grow, and it is packed with tiny living things, worms, insects and creatures too small to see, that keep it healthy and full of life.

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Talk about itHow does it feel to dig in soil with your bare hands?

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Did you know?A single handful of healthy soil can hold more tiny living things than there are people on the whole planet.

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Try itGently dig a small hole in a garden and look closely. How many different living things can you spot in the soil?

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🍄🌿How do plants make their own food?🔗What is a food chain?🌱How does a seed become a plant?

🤖Still curious?How do worms help the soil?arrow_forward

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Why should we take care of nature? Revealexpand_more

Every plant, animal and drop of water is connected, and people are part of that web too. When we keep the air, water and land clean and share space with wild things, nature stays healthy, and a healthy world takes care of us right back.

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Talk about itWhat is your favourite place in nature, and how can we help keep it nice?

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Did you know?Small helpful habits, like saving water or planting flowers for bees, add up when lots of people do them.

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Try itPick one small kind thing to do for nature this week, like feeding birds or picking up a piece of litter.

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🍄🌊Why are the oceans so important?🔗What is a food chain?🪱Why is soil so important?

🤖Still curious?What is one big way people can help the planet?arrow_forward

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