Plant Science

Last week we checked in on the progress of our phototropism experiments. The students were very excited to see what had happened in their boxes during the week and were surprised by the range of results that we got.

The students used their new measuring skills to measure the growth of their bean plants which we recorded on a class table.




We closed up the boxes and will have a look again next week to see if any of the plants have made it through the maze.  We also learned that the plants that were dropped(!) before they made it into the mazes are still growing.

One group observed that the plants were quite pale looking but we're not sure why that has happened - pupils thought it could be because of the lack of sun, lack of water or due to the air. Our next experiment will hopefully help us to identify what has caused this to happen.