2. Identifying leaves

3. Parts of a plant

4. A closer look

5. What do leaves do? Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

6. What do leaves do? Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

7. What do leaves do? Plants make food in their leaves

8. What do leaves do? Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

9. What do leaves do? The flat part of a leaf is called a blade. The blade blocks the sunlight.

10. What do leaves do? Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

11. What do leaves do? A leaf has veins which move water through it

12. What do leaves do? Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

13. What do leaves do? A leaf has hundreds of holes in it.

14. What do leaves do?

15. How do leaves make food? water sunlight soil air oil clothes birdseed spices flour sugar

16. What do leaves tell us?

19. Putting it together

20. Glossary Blade – The flat part of a leaf, takes in a lot of sunlight Bud – A bud is a shoot that is ready to grow into a leaf or flower Node – The place where a leaf, twig, or root comes out of a stem Spines – tiny, sharp thorns on leaves Stem – supports the leaves and flowers and carries water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves and flowers, or stores the water and nutrients until needed Stomata – holes on a leaf that let air into the leaf Veins – lines in the blade that move water through the leaf