Do plants grow in winter?

Child's Question: Do plants grow in the winter?

The children checked the seed packets that they had prepared in the previous week and discovered that the ones that were inside where it was warm sprouted and the ones that were kept outside in the cold didn't.

To experience this concept again the children planted the pea seeds in the planter outside and were asked if they thought they would grow. We used an upside down aquarium for a greenhouse and planted some of the seeds in the greenhouse and some outside of the greenhouse and we'll wait and see what happens. The children will observe how the invention of greenhouses impacts our ability to grow food in the winter.

The children completed an assessment to show their understanding so far of their question "Do plants grow in the winter?" based on the past weeks experiences and experiments.