Photosynthesis and Energy

Photosynthesis and Energy Worksheet (Grade 6 Science, TEKS 6.8B)

Connect photosynthesis to energy. This one-page reading and activity sheet explains that plants use light energy to make sugar from carbon dioxide and water, transforming light energy into chemical potential energy, and that animals get that energy when they eat plants. The plant does not create energy. It changes its form.

What's Inside

• A Big Question box: "How do plants store energy from the sun?"
• A plant doodle with arrows A to D for light, carbon dioxide, water, and oxygen
• Activity 1: Students write the letter for each label on the diagram
• Activity 2: Four true or false sentences about energy in photosynthesis
• A visual answer key with answers marked in red

How Teachers Use It

Use it with a plant lesson or as practice for TEKS 6.8B. The sheet takes about 10 minutes, needs no prior knowledge, and prints clearly in black and white.

This worksheet is part of the Reading in Science series for grade 6. It supports TEKS 6.8B: describe how energy is conserved through transfers and transformations in systems such as electrical circuits, food webs, amusement park rides, or photosynthesis. It is one of seven connected TEKS 6.8B sheets that follow energy through systems. The unit big idea is that energy can be stored, transferred, and transformed, but it is not created or destroyed.

Why It Works

Each sheet opens with a Big Question, teaches the key terms in plain words with simple black-and-white doodles, and then asks students to use only what the page taught. Simple whole-number energy units make conservation visible, and the visual answer key lets teachers check work fast.