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Food Chain

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Students discuss what makes plants grow and who eats the plants. They are asked where do we get all of our energy? Students are asked to draw and label a picture of the sun in the center of the yellow strip of paper. They are explained the sun helps most things grow on earth.

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energy, food chains

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energy, food chain, science
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Grade
1st - 3rd
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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Duration
45 mins
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