Over the course of this school year we have been discussing WANTS and NEEDS in relation to ourselves. We discussed that while you may WANT something that there are actually a few basic NEEDS that are necessary for survival. For human beings these are: air, water, food, shelter (including clothing), and we added in ‘love’ (families).
Students have also been learning about what a plant NEEDS to survive. In this experiment we took two identical plants and gave them the same soil, air, and water. We denied one of these plants sunlight. You can see what happened …
The plant on the right has a flower in bloom, nice green leaves, and is growing nicely. The one on the left is showing signs of fading. It hasn’t grown in height and it is a much paler green colour. Students learned that a plant needs sunlight to grow to its potential.