The Cress Seed Experiment

This half-term, we have been learning about different life cycles. Last week, as part of a science experiment, Reception class explored the life cycle of a plant by planting seeds. We set up three different conditions: one dish of cress seeds was placed in a cupboard with water, another dish had cress seeds with sunlight but no water, and the final dish had seeds with both water and sunlight.

Each day, we carefully observed the changes to see which seeds grow best. Our experiment showed that the seeds without water did not grow at all, while the seeds with water but no sunlight grew, but were a very pale green. The seeds that had both water and sunlight grew the best.
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This week, we put our cress to good use and enjoyed making egg and cress sandwiches, as well as cucumber and cress sandwiches!

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