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The Value of Plants Learning Objective: I can identify and describe the benefits of plants to society. Learning Experiences: Through carrying out practical activities and investigations, I can show how plants have benefited society SCN 2-02b Plants are incredibly valuable to human kind: They provide us with; Food - everything we eat comes directly or indirectly from plants. Sometimes it’s the fruit we eat; other times the leaves, stem, root or even the seeds. Plants also provide food and nutrients for animals which can then be eaten by humans. Without Plants, we would have nothing to eat! Match up the plants below with the food they give us: Corn Bananas Strawberries Cocoa (for chocolate) Barley (cereal) The Value of Plants Clothing - Plants such as cotton are made into fabric and the fabric is used to make our clothing Design your own T-Shirt below. Most T-Shirts are made from cotton, which comes from cotton plants like these… Shelter and Furniture - Timber from trees is also useful to build houses and furniture. Straw is traditionally used on roofs of cottages while locally growing plants are used all around the world for house construction. Look around your classroom and see if you can find 3 items that are made out of wood… 1. 2. 3. Paper- Trees are cut down and their timber is used to make paper We can recycle paper whenever we see this symbol….. Oh no! It looks like the symbol has not printed very well. Do you know what the symbol is supposed to look like? Draw it in this box! The Value of Plants Fuel - Wood is a valuable source of fuel for heating and cooking. Gas, oil and coal are also plant based being made up of plants that died thousands of years ago. Sometimes, fires can start using plants and trees as fuel and spread very quickly! Pretend you are a newspaper reporter writing a story on a wildfire below: This is where you put your headline – a short title which grabs your reader’s attention. Write a summary of your article here. This is where you put your detail This is where you put your name! ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… …….. …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… ……………………………… Reported By……………………………………………… Scientific Reporter The Value of Plants Complete the sentences below, using the words in the box…. Medicines – One _ u _ _ _ _ r of all prescription medicines come from plants Oxygen – The oxygen we breathe that is essential for our _ u _ _ _ photosynthesis, the process through plants make their own energy. _ a_ comes for Climate Regulation - Plants absorb Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere which helps maintain the __________e of Earth. Water Regulators - Plants help distribute and purify the planet’s water. They also help move water from the soil to the _ _ _ _ _ p _ _ _ e through a process called _ _ _ n _ p _ _ _ _ _ _ _. quarter atmosphere temperature survival transpiration