Preschool children's perceptions of the role of light and chlorophyll in plants’ photosynthesis

The involvement of infants in the natural sciences is considered necessary, because young children seem to form very early their first ideas, interpretations, theories about the concepts and phenomena of the physical world and are therefore able to approach relevant issues at a first level.The purpose of the present study is to investigate children’s perceptions regarding the role of light and chlorophyll in photosynthesis of plants. The research was carried out in a full-day kindergarten during the period of November to December 2019, where the researcher was working. The sample of the study consisted of 14 children. Activities and experiments were designed and implemented, based on the Constructive Approach. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews, observation and recording of users" actions. Nvivo11 software was used for the qualitative analysis of the data.