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Instructional Video

Who Needs Dirt?

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How do plants get the nutrients they need? This is the focus of a video that discusses how plants use photosynthesis to survive, with or without dirt.

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Concepts
food webs, roots, solar energy, photosynthesis, carbon dioxide, nutrients, chlorophyll, plant growth, leaves, stems, parts of a plant, dirt, water, hydroponics, energy, energy flow
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Additional Tags
science
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Instructional Ideas
  • In the classroom, re-create the experiment provided in the episode
Classroom Considerations
  • The 10th in a series of 13 videos that discuss ecosystems and the flow of energy
  • Concepts from the previous videos are reviewed at the beginning of the episode
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Designed for Next Generation Science Standards
Cons
  • None
NGSS
5-LS1-1