How Do Plants Grow?
From a tiny seed to a flower
Duration: 1:59
How does a tiny seed become a big plant? Join our little explorer in the garden and discover the secret hidden inside every seed!
In short
Inside every seed there is a baby plant, sleeping, with a little snack to help it grow. When the seed is in the soil and gets some water, it wakes up: a tiny root pushes down into the soil to drink water, and a little green sprout pushes up toward the sunlight. To grow big and strong, a plant needs four things: sunlight, water, air, and soil. The roots drink water from the soil like a drinking straw, and the stem carries it up to the leaves. The leaves use sunlight, air, and water to make food for the plant: plants make their own food! The plant grows taller and taller, and one day a flower opens. Bees visit the flower, and soon the flower makes new seeds. The new seeds fall into the soil, and the whole story starts again: this is the life cycle of a plant.
What you will learn
- What is inside a seed: a sleeping baby plant and its little snack
- How a seed wakes up with soil and water
- How a root grows down and a sprout grows up toward the sunlight
- The 4 things a plant needs: sunlight, water, air, and soil
- How roots drink water like a straw, and how leaves make the plant's food
- How a flower opens, and how bees help it make new seeds
- The life cycle of a plant: seed, sprout, plant, flower, and new seeds
Let's talk about it
Questions to ask after watching, at home or in class. Tap a question to see a short answer.
What is sleeping inside a seed?
A baby plant, with a little snack to help it grow.
What four things does a plant need to grow?
Sunlight, water, air, and soil.
How does a plant get its food?
Its leaves make it, with sunlight, air, and water. Plants make their own food!
