Science- Testing the effect of varied substrate on plant growth.

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       5th Grade has started a new project, asking how plant growth will be affected by the substrate the plant are growing in. Paired with a partner, students set up 2 control and 2 experimental conditions. The control groups are simple, plants set carefully in standard potting soil. Each group was required to set up one of their experimental conditions with a mixture of sand and vermiculite to test growth in a soil free environment. The other experiment was up to them. We now have a wide variety of budding plants to monitor for the coming weeks. A highlight is the group who set a plant floating on water using some quite ingenious use of paper towels. Students will be caring for and monitoring these experiments each day in science. We'll see how they do!