1. Plants as Producers
What do plants produce?

2. Plants produce food and oxygen through a process called photosynthesis.

3. Synthesis means “put together”.
Photo means “light”.
Photosynthesis means “Put together with light”.
Plants make food with light energy from the sun.

5. Photosynthesis
Most plants contain a green chemical called chlorophyll. This explains their green color.
When sun shines on a plant, the chlorophyll traps the light energy. This energy is used to make food by combining water and carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide is the gas animals give off when they breathe.
How do animals help plants?

6. How do plants help animals?
During photosynthesis a plant makes more food and oxygen than it needs. The extra food is stored in the plant. The extra oxygen is released into the air through small holes in the plant’s leaves.
How do plants help animals?
Take grapes for this part of the lesson.
Propagate potatoes?

7. Plants store the extra food in different ways
Plants store the extra food in different ways. Some plants store food in the form of sugar. Many plants store sugar in their fruits. Can you name some? Others store food in the form of starch, which does not taste sweet. Can you name some of these?

8. Things to remember
Plants produce food through a process called photosynthesis.
Plants make food by using energy from the sun to combine water and carbon dioxide.
Chlorophyll traps light energy that is used in photosynthesis.

9. Food Wood and paper Fibers Dyes Rubber, plastic and gum Medicines
Uses of plants
Food
Wood and paper
Fibers
Dyes
Rubber, plastic and gum
Medicines

10. Food
Seeds: corn, rice, peanuts

11. Roots: beets, carrots, radishes

12. Stems: asparagus

13. Leaves: cabbage, lettuce, spinach

14. Fruits: Apples, oranges

15. Other: Sugar – from the sugar cane plant or sugar beets; syrup from corn or maple trees; chocolate and tea from plants, coffee from trees, cough drops and gum from the gum tree
Sugar cane

16. Tea plants
Coffee tree
Cocoa plant

17. Koala in a gum tree
Gum tree

18. Other products
Wood
Paper
Wood pulp for paper making

19. Wood pulp can also be used to make alcohol and plastic products.

20. Rubber tree: rubber and latex

21. Fibers: cotton, hemp

22. Dyes

23. Medicines: aloe Coneflower – can be used to treat some viruses
Ellacampane –
Used in cough syrup
Aloe – used for burns