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Photosynthesis Unit
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS UNIT
Interactive Science Notebook
How To Use
Directions for the Teacher:
Have your students use the following
pages to create their very own
science interactive notebook!

Each page will have different cutouts.

Have students read the instructions
on each page and use the dotted lines
to help them know which pieces to
cut and place in their notebook. It’s
that easy!
Page 7 is the student cover of the
unit.

Towards the end of the resource, you

will find the answer key pages. Feel
free to use them as a guide with your
students.

Enjoy!
 Contents
Science Notebook Cover………..……………….…………..……….…….7
Power Words………………………………………….……..………...…………………..8
Photosynthesis Overview & Processes………....9
Basic Flower Structure………………………………………………………10
Chloroplast Anatomy Activity……....……………………..…….…11
Parts of a Leaf (Cells) Anatomy Activity……..….12
Exterior Parts of a Leaf…………………………….…….......………..13
Brain Break- Fun Plant Facts……………………………..………….14
How Water Moves Through Plants.…… ……..……….15
Notebook Cover Answer Key………………….…....................16
Power Words Answers…….……………..…................................17
Photosynthesis Answers…………………………….…………………18
Flower Structure Answers…………………………….…..…...….19
Chloroplast Answers………………….………………………………..…….20
Parts of a Leaf (Cells) Answers……………………………..21
Exterior Parts of a Leaf Answers…………….……….22
How Water Moves Through Plants Ans………….23
Thanks for Downloading……………………………………………24-25
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Interactive Notebook
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 POWER WORDS!
Directions: These are words you’ll be reading and defining
throughout this unit. Come back to this page when you discover
the definition and write it below! Cut out each flap and glue at the
top. Write the definition underneath the flap!

photosynthesis chloroplasts chlorophyll

xylem epidermis transpiration

root capillary respiration

pressure action

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Make Your
Own Vocabulary Words!
 Photosynthesis
photo (light) synthesis (to put together)

Overview: Photosynthesis is a process which

plants use to make their own food. Most plants
can make their own food when they need it, by
using light.

Directions: Write the processes on the flaps and write

the descriptions underneath!

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 Basic Flower Structure

Directions: Label the parts of a basic flower structure

below!

WORD BOX
filament, petal, ovary, pistil, receptacle, sepal, pollen tube,
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stigma, stamen, fruit, style, anther, ovule

 Chloroplasts
Overview: Chloroplasts are structures found in the cells
of plants that convert sunlight into food energy that the
plants need. Chloroplasts are found in the leaves of
plants. The chloroplasts also take in carbon dioxide, water
and light. Then it turns them into sugar and oxygen. This
sugar is used by the plants as food. The oxygen then goes
out into the atmosphere. This process of converting sun
into energy is called photosynthesis.

Directions: Label the parts of a chloroplast

WORD BOX
granum, stroma lamellae, outer membrane, inner
membrane
 Parts of a Leaf
Overview: All the different parts of a leaf work together to
help the plant stay healthy and alive. The outside layer of a
leaf is called the epidermis. The epidermis has a waxy
coating that is called a cuticle. It helps to keep water stored
inside the plant. The tiny pores in a leaf are called stomata.
The tiny pores open and close, letting in and out carbon
dioxide and oxygen. The guard cells regulate when the
stomata opens or closes.

Directions: Label the parts of a leaf!

WORD BOX
guard cell, cuticle, stoma, upper epidermis, spongy
layer, vein, lower epidermis, palisade cell
 Parts of a Leaf

WORD BOX
leaf margin, midrib, leaf blade, stipule,
leaf base, petiole, leaf apex
 Brain Break
Read fun facts about plants while you color!
Did you know…
-Some plants are carnivores. The Venus Flytrap eats flies!
-Plant matter can eventually turn into coal due to a process known as
metamorphosis.
-There are over 200,000 species of plants and the list continues to
grow!
-68% of plants are in danger of going extinct.
-70,000 different plant species are used for medicine.
-The oldest living trees are Bristlecone pines. The oldest known
bristlecone pine is more than 4,700 years old!
Directions: This graphic organizer shows the three forces that
help water move through plants. Write the definition of each
force underneath the flaps!

how
water
moves
through
plants

capillary Fold these

action
lines upward and
write the definitions
underneath the
flaps!

Directions: Draw a picture of a plant and how water moves

it, labeling capillary action, root pressure, and
transpiration!

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Science
Interactive Notebook
P h oto sy nt h e sis U nit
Answer Key

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 POWER WORDS!
Directions: These are words you’ll be reading and defining
throughout this unit. Come back to this page when you discover
the definition and write it below! Cut out each flap and glue at the
top. Write the definition underneath the flap!

photosynthesis chloroplasts chlorophyll

Photosynthesis is a process used
by plants to convert light energy
into chemical energy that can be
released to fuel the organisms'
activities.
a plastid that contains responsible for the
chlorophyll and in which absorption of light to
photosynthesis takes provide energy for
place. photosynthesis.

xylem epidermis transpiration

the tissue in plants
that conducts water
and dissolved nutrients
upward from the root.
process where plants
the outer layer of absorb water through
the roots and then give
tissue in a plant
off water vapor through
pores in their leaves.

root capillary respiration

pressure action In respiration, plants c
Plants use capillary onvert the sugars back
osmotic pressure with into energy for growth
in the cells of action to bring
and other life
a root system that water up the roots
processes.
causes water or sap and stems to the
to rise through a rest of the plant.
plant stem to the
leaves.
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Make Your
Own Vocabulary Words!
 Photosynthesis
photo (light) synthesis (to put together)
Overview: Photosynthesis is a process which
plants use to make their own food. Most plants
can make their own food when they need it, by
using light.

Directions: Write the processes on the flaps and write

the descriptions underneath!

energy
release of
from
oxygen
the sun

Chlorophyll found in Oxygen released in

chloroplasts absorb energy first phase of
from the sun. photosynthesis as a
byproduct.

glucose
produced
carbon
and used by
dioxide plant

Stomata in leaf cells take in

carbon dioxide from the
Glucose made in
atmosphere.
second phase of
photosynthesis and
used as energy
storage.
water
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&
minerals
The roots of the plant take
up water and minerals.
 Basic Flower Structure

Directions: Label the parts of a basic flower structure

below!

petal
stigma

Stamen
filament
style

anther
Pistil

fruit

ovary

sepal
ovule

pollen tube

receptacle
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 Chloroplasts
Overview: Chloroplasts are structures found in the cells
of plants that convert sunlight into food energy that the
plants need. Chloroplasts are found in the leaves of
plants. The chloroplasts also take in carbon dioxide, water
and light. Then it turns them into sugar and oxygen. This
sugar is used by the plants as food. The oxygen then goes
out into the atmosphere. This process of converting sun
into energy is called photosynthesis.

Directions: Label the parts of a chloroplast!

granum

stroma lamellae

outer membrane

inner membrane
 Parts of a Leaf
Overview: All the different parts of a leaf work
together to help the plant healthy and living. The outside
layer of a leaf is called the epidermis. The epidermis has
a waxy coating that is called a cuticle. It helps to keep
water stored inside the plant. The tiny pores in a leaf
are called stomata. The tiny pores open and close,
letting in and out carbon dioxide and oxygen. The guard
cells regulate when the stomata opens or closes.

Directions: Label the parts of a leaf!

cuticle

upper
epidermis palisade
cell
spongy
vein
layer
lower
epidermis

guard cell stoma

Parts of a Leaf

leaf apex

leaf margin

leaf blade

midrib

petiole

stipule
leaf base
 Directions: This graphic organizer shows the three forces that
help water move through plants. Write the definition of each
force underneath the flaps!

Root pressure is
osmotic pressure
within the
root system that
helps water to
rise through a

how
plant stem to
the leaves.

water
moves
through
plants

capillary Fold these

action
lines upward and
write the definitions
underneath the
flaps!

Directions: Draw a picture of a plant and how water moves

it, labeling capillary action, root pressure, and
transpiration!

Transpiration
(loss of water
through the
plants leaves).
Water is given
off into the air
through the
leaves’
stomata.

Root pressure capillary action pulls water

as the water moves in Up through the xylem

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