Plants Need Sun and Water

Lab Brief #1

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

What you'll learn

Plants need water and sunlight to grow. Watch what happens when you water a seed every day!

Key words · 1 of 2

growing
Getting bigger or taller over time.
plant
A living thing that makes its own food using sunlight.

Key words · 2 of 2

seed
A small part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Get ready

🧰 What you need

seeds
soil
water

⚠️ Safety first

Wash your hands thoroughly afterwards and keep the material away from your face.
Mop up spills straight away so nobody slips, and keep liquids away from sockets.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Plant a seed in a cup of soil and give it water. Put it by a sunny window.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Question 1 of 3

What do plants need to grow?

Question 2 of 3

What comes out of a seed?

Question 3 of 3

Can plants move by themselves?

Mind = blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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