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What Do Plants Use for Food?
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the unit called ‘Food and digestion’. This B unit provided enough material for six double periods in the third year of secondary school (year nine). The teachers’ guide included four worksheets to supplement the students’ booklet. There was also guidance on advance preparation and the timing of experiments take hours, days or weeks to complete.
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1. Plants and mineral salts
2. Something from nothing?
3. The energy source
4. The raw materials
5. Chlorophyll
6. Light again
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