🌱 Ecology Curriculum

Let's see just how much plants need the Sun! We will plant two pots of cress or bean seeds. We'll give them both the same amount of water, but we will place one in a bright, sunny window and the other in a dark cupboard.

• Observe them every two days for a week.
• Measure any stems that grow and draw a picture of the plants in a diary.
• What do you notice about the colour and strength of the plants? This shows how the Sun's light (daytime) gives plants the energy to make their food and grow, which is the start of almost every food chain on Earth.