More Than Just Food
Plants help us in so many ways besides giving us food. Explore how we use plants for medicine, clothes, furniture, and even the air we breathe.
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Plants help us in so many ways besides giving us food. Explore how we use plants for medicine, clothes, furniture, and even the air we breathe.
Key Questions
- Identify two things in your classroom made from plants.
- Explain how plants help keep our air clean.
- Compare the use of a cotton plant to the use of a neem tree.
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