What do Plants Need?

In investigating what plants NEED in order to survive at the fifth grade level, students planted wheat seeds and have watched them come out of dormancy. One group of plants have been in complete darkness, while another groups has been receiving lots of light. Today we observed the differences and they were dramatic. The phenomena observed led to several other questions as well as some discussion. One student proposed changed a few plants from the darkness to the light, just to see what would happen. This lesson continues as we learn more about chlorophyll and photosynthesis and what plants TRULY need in order to survive.