Photosynthesis animation

Education · Science lesson · 1:15

Photosynthesis animation

Watch photosynthesis drawn step by step: sunlight on the leaves, water rising from the roots, carbon dioxide going in and oxygen coming out, and the glucose the plant makes. A hand-drawn whiteboard animation video made from one illustration.

Length
1:15 · 2 chapters
Hand
No hand
Aspect ratio
4:3
Colour starts at
0:49
Style
Lines + colour
Formats
16:9 · 1:1 · 9:16

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Photosynthesis animation: the finished picture

The prompt behind the picture

Image prompt
Hand-drawn diagram of photosynthesis: a leafy plant in soil, the sun shining onto its leaves, water drops rising from the roots up the stem, carbon dioxide molecules (a grey ball between two red balls) flowing into a leaf, oxygen molecules (two red balls) flowing out, a small glucose ring inside a leaf. Coloured pencil and watercolour marker, clean black ink outlines, warm off-white paper, no text.

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Photosynthesis, step by step

A script to read over it, timed to the drawing: the lines go down first and the colour arrives on the last beat.

  1. 0:00Line artPlants make their own food. All they need is light, water and air.
  2. 0:09Sunlight falls on the leaves, and the green chlorophyll inside captures its energy.
  3. 0:19The roots draw water from the soil, up the stem to the leaves.
  4. 0:29The leaves take in carbon dioxide from the air through tiny pores.
  5. 0:39ColourWith the sun’s energy, the plant turns water and carbon dioxide into glucose, the sugar it grows on.
  6. 0:50And it gives off oxygen: the air we breathe.

Where this photosynthesis animation fits

Use it as a photosynthesis video for a biology lesson, to explain light, water and carbon dioxide going in and glucose and oxygen coming out, or in a video about plants and the climate. The same process turns your own diagram into a clip.

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