Making Mini Greenhouses Ks2
A great experiment about how greenhouses work and the conditions needed for plants to grow in a constructed environment.
Making mini greenhouses ks2. Once you have selected your containers make sure to pop a few holes in the plastic. You can make your own mini greenhouse using an old wooden wine box and an acrylic sheet. Follow these easy steps to build your own mini greenhouse. Build a shelf for show.
Mini greenhouses are very easy to make. Children then apply this knowledge and understanding when designing making and evaluating. This resource addresses the following standard. First decide what you want to grow and see how many containers you need.
The resource contains a printable greenhouse template and details of what you will need along with step by step instructions on how to carry it out. They discover the purpose of a greenhouse and how it can help plants to grow. Students will be able to watch as their seeds sprout. Children will find out the purpose of a greenhouse and how it works before moving on to exploring how structures like these can be made stable and what materials would be the most appropriate to use.
All you need are plastic containers and something to poke holes in them. You might also decide based on the container size. How to make a cold frame. This is the question your children will be discovering the answer to in this lesson.
Turn your children into aspiring engineers and architects with this fun dt scheme of work for y3 4. Students can create their own mini greenhouse and use their observations when designing their own greenhouse structure tags in this resource. In their independent activity they.