Germinating beans in a ziplock bag

Germinating beans

When you grow seeds in the ground, you can't see exactly what happens. 

Room 8 are germinating bean seeds in a ziplock bag with just a wet cotton wool ball or a wet paper towel. 

We have stuck the bag to the window because we know the seeds need warmth.

We wondered whether it would make a difference to how fast the beans grew if they were on a north or south facing window...?

We also wondered whether it made a difference how much water was in the bag, or whether we used a paper towel or cotton wool ball...?

Here are a few pictures of the beans in the bags,

 You can see that this bean has started to grow, north facing with a paper towel.

These beans are also doing really well.

We will keep you posted on their progress.

We are also keeping a log sheet with our observations, measurements and sketches of the bean's growth.

Come and have a look at our log sheets in our inquiry books if you are interested.