TITLE
Science in Focus: Shedding Light on Science: Workshop 5. Sunlight to Starch

CLIP DESCRIPTION
Teachers describe experiments for children to investigate whether seeds need light to grow.

AAAS BENCHMARK
5E (K-2) #1 . Plants and animals both need to take in water, and animals need to take in food. In addition, plants need light.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Green plants convert light energy into chemical energy. In this workshop we will examine green plants grown with and without light and discover how they use light energy to produce food in the process known as photosynthesis.

RIGHTS
Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory. All Rights Reserved.

PUBLISHER
Annenberg/CPB