Can plants grow in different soils? by Daimai

I wanted to know if plants could grow in different soils. My hypothesis is that I thought that the sand plant won’t grow,and I thought the soil plant was going to grow.
How I did the experiment was I got two buckets then I got sand and soil then put  the sand in  one bucket and put the soil in the other bucket.

Later  I made two holes so both buckets have one hole. Finally I put some  bean seeds in the hole  then covered the holes with soil then we put some water  in each week. I noticed that the sand plant grew a little bit and the soil plant grew big and fast.

The  sand plant  grew slow. The colour of the sand plant was white and sort of grey and it grew facing the floor. The other plant was green and tall and the leaves were huge. 

I found out that the reason the sand plant was white and grey was because it was not facing the sun. The other plant was facing the sun. The leaves on the sand plant were small because they didn't have enough water and I gave the other plant lots of water. I found out that plants need nutrients to grow big and healthy.         

Independent Writing - Daimai

Room 4 have been practicing their writing goals. We would love it if you could help us by commenting on our writing. Please tell us if you think we have achieved our goal, and what else you think we can work on!

Thank you for listening to all of our stories.

Daimai's Maths Tutorial

Today Room 4 were practicing using our new strategy for addition - compensation. Daimai was chosen to give a tutorial on how to use the strategy compensation. We hope you learn something as you watch him teach!

Maths Tutorial - Daimai from Tamaki Primary on Vimeo.