Lower Elementary used movement, signs, and their bodies to study photosynthesis, the process plants use to create their own carbohydrates as food. Students stood on a green mat representing chloroplast which absorbs the sun and held signs representing the sun and other molecules. By making carbohydrates, plants break down molecules and releases the “leftover” oxygen which benefits animals around them. Movement and acting out scientific processes help ingrain knowledge, in this case why plants need water, carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to create a carbohydrate.
