In Year 2, we have been learning all about plants. To find out what seeds need to grow, we decided to do an experiment. We planted lots of seeds and decided to put them in different conditions to see which grew the best.
The different conditions were:
- Sunlight and water,
- Sunlight but no water,
- Water but no sunlight,
- No water and no sunlight.
The children were thrilled to discover both of the seeds that were watered grew (even the ones with no sunlight!). However, we observed that the seeds that didn’t have any sunlight were white, but the seeds that did have sunlight were green. We concluded that to grow seeds successfully, they need both water and sunlight.28
