Did you know...
... that you can make sweet wrappers from trees?
How about running a car using a fuel from sunflowers?
You can even build houses using plants!
Here you can find out how we can make lots of things we use every day from plants, with less harm to the environment.
Plants grow using sunlight; they also need carbon dioxide but there is lots of that because animals (including you and me!) produce it.
Plants turn the carbon dioxide into oxygen and other really useful things. Products made out of plants are called bio products.
What next?
find out more about bio products
look to see where we've got bio products in our house
Teachers
look for opportunities to get your class talking about this topic
there are some activities and resources you can download for free