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Plants and Oxygen: Breathing

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Second graders gain an understanding of how plants produce oxygen and that the oxygen we breathe comes from trees and plants. After a lecture/demo, 2nd graders discuss the ways plants produce oxygen and the detrimental effects of cutting down too many trees.

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oxygen, photosynthesis

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oxygen, photosynthesis, science
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2nd
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Science
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