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Teaching Living things use energy

Living things use energy

Living things get their energy from food. Plants are called producers because they make food using energy from the sun. The food plants make is a sugar called glucose. Humans eat the food made by plants.

Core Knowledge Foundation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Where does the energy that living things need come from?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,3
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