🌱 Part 1: Understanding Photosynthesis

1. What is photosynthesis? Circle the best answer:

How plants drink water

How plants make food using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide

How plants grow taller

How plants change colour

2. What do plants need for photosynthesis? Check all that apply:

Sunlight (rā)

Water (wai)

Carbon dioxide from air (hau)

Soil

Music

3. Fill in the blanks using the words: oxygen, food, leaves

During photosynthesis, plants make ________ for themselves and release ________ into the air. This process mainly happens in the plant's ________.

🔬 Part 2: Experiment Setup and Predictions

4. Before starting our experiment, what do you predict will happen when we put an aquatic plant in water under bright light?

5. Draw and label your experiment setup in the box below. Include: plant, water, container, light source

6. What safety rules should we follow during this experiment? List at least 2:

📊 Part 3: Recording Observations

7. Observation Table - Record what you see every 5 minutes:

Time	Number of Bubbles	Size of Bubbles	Other Observations
0 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes

8. What do the bubbles coming from the plant contain?

Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

Water vapour

Plant food

🌿 Part 4: Te Reo Māori Vocabulary

9. Match the English words with their te reo Māori translations:

1. Sun

2. Water

3. Leaf

4. Air

5. Grow

A. Wai

B. Rau

C. Tipu

D. Rā

E. Hau

10. Complete this sentence in both English and te reo Māori:

Plants need ________ (rā), ________ (wai), and ________ (hau) to ________ (tipu).

🤔 Part 5: Analysis and Reflection

11. Was your prediction correct? Explain what actually happened during the experiment:

12. Why is photosynthesis important for life on Earth? Give at least 2 reasons:

13. How does understanding photosynthesis help us be better kaitiaki (guardians) of our environment?

14. What would happen if we moved our plant to a dark room? Why?

15. Draw a simple diagram showing the photosynthesis process. Label: sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and glucose (plant food):

🏠 Part 6: Extension Activity

16. Home Investigation Challenge: Choose a plant at home or in your community. Observe it for one week and answer these questions:

Plant name: _________________________

Location: _________________________

How much sunlight does it get each day? _________________________

How is it watered? _________________________

Signs that photosynthesis is happening: _________________________

17. What is one thing you learned about photosynthesis that you want to share with your whānau?

Photosynthesis Science Experiment

Photosynthesis Science Experiment

🌱 Part 1: Understanding Photosynthesis

🔬 Part 2: Experiment Setup and Predictions

📊 Part 3: Recording Observations

🌿 Part 4: Te Reo Māori Vocabulary

🤔 Part 5: Analysis and Reflection

🏠 Part 6: Extension Activity

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