Focus Question
If plants do not eat other things, how do they get their food energy?

Activity Synopsis
Students will use baking goods to simulate what plants do to produce their own food. After this introduction, they will conduct an experiment to see what happens to plant leaves that are deprived of sunlight.

Time Frame
One hour for the first part of the activity. Two weeks for the second part.

Student Key Terms

• chlorophyll
• photosynthesis
• producers
  

Teacher Key Terms

• carbohydrate
• chlorophyll
• chloroplast
• enzyme
• food chain
• glucose
• herbivore
• osmosis
• photosynthesis
• producer
• stomata