Week 06 · Wednesday: Light and Water (Grow It K-2)

Wednesday: Why light matters

Rocket peeks in the cupboard. "Can cup B grow in the dark?"

Raven asks, "What do you notice?"

Nova hints, "What is inside a seed?"

A seed holds a tiny new plant.

It also holds a little food.

The tiny plant uses that food to start growing.

So a seed can start to grow in the dark.

Seed food does not last forever.

Then the plant needs to make its own food.

Leaves use light to make food.

Without enough light, a plant cannot make enough food.

LIGHT AND FOOD

Why can cup B start to grow in the dark?

What do leaves need to make food?

Try it: Look and compare

Take cup B out for one quick look.
Hold cup A and cup B side by side.
Look at the stems. Look at the colors.
Put cup B back in the dark right away.

Safety first

Carry each cup with two hands.
Wash your hands after you touch the cups.

Here is a chart from a pretend test.

These are made-up practice numbers, not real ones.

Day	Cup A stem (made-up practice numbers)	Cup B stem (made-up practice numbers)
Day 1	0 paper clips	0 paper clips
Day 4	1 paper clip	1 paper clip
Day 7	2 paper clips	3 paper clips

Sentence about the chart	True or false?
On Day 1, neither stem had grown yet.	?
On Day 4, both stems were the same.	?
These numbers came from a real test.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISECharts help us compare, and these numbers are pretend.

WHY THIS EXERCISESeed food runs out, so leaves need light.

Draw cup A and cup B side by side.

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Even: E-V-E-N.

Such: S-U-C-H.

FIND THE WORD

Find the word you hear.

FILL THE GAP

Two and four are ___ numbers.

That was ___ a fun game.

You compared like a real scientist!

Tomorrow you will look for clues in color.