My firstborn came home from school with an instruction of planting some mung beans to let them sprout.
I think many of us in Malaysia have done this experiment as mung beans are really easy to sprout with very little conditions. I searched my cupboards because I was thinking if I have any mung beans at home. Thank goodness I do have a pack of it.
Day 1
A parent in our parent's group chat sent a YouTube video on soaking it overnight. So I took a handful out and soak them in room-temperatured water in a cup, uncovered. Prepare some cottons soak in water in a container.
Day 2
After a night, we could see the mung bean has broke open its skin. By then you can it is starting to break forth with its first sprout. Place the beans now on the wet cotton.
Day 3
After a day, I checked on it again with my son. By now, my firstborn brought his first tub of sprouted mung beans to school. He labelled it and then the teacher wanted them to learn to measure the growth of it by its height.
Day 4
Almost all have sprouted and there were some which grew ahead of the others. I was keeping an extra container at home, in case my firstborn tib in school cannot survive.
Day 5
They are still growing well! My youngest also came with his curiosity but he did not dare to touch the plants. By now, the sprouts and shoots are so tall then they tend to incline over to where the window is to get dun, and this is called positive phototropism.