| Some of the most fun science projects for kids relate | | | | with 1cm of sand. After you have filled each of the six |
| to botany. When science projects relate to things | | | | cups with soil or sand you will need to plant your |
| growing and changing regularly they tend to hold the | | | | seeds. Place five vegetable seeds in one of the soil |
| interest of the students that are involved. Fun science | | | | filled cups and five in one of the sand filled cups. Follow |
| experiments like this also get the children involved | | | | the same process with your flower seeds and your |
| because they have room for personalization. The kids | | | | grass seeds. Make sure you label your cups with the |
| that taking part in this experiment can all choose their | | | | item your are growing. |
| own seeds and they can compare their results with | | | | The next thing that you need to do is carefully add |
| one another. | | | | water to the plastic cups that are filled with sand. This |
| Experiment: Is Water or Soil Yield Better Plant | | | | must be done very carefully so that you do not disturb |
| Growth? | | | | the sand and seeds. You will fill each plastic cup that |
| Category: Biology/Botany | | | | has sand in it with 200ml of water. During the course |
| Materials: | | | | of your experiment it is important to maintain that |
| 1 Packet Vegetable Seed | | | | water level. |
| 1 Packet Flower Seed | | | | Fun science projects like this don't happen over night, |
| 1 Packet Grass Seed | | | | they take time. The entire course of this project will |
| 6 Plastic Cups | | | | take exactly five weeks. During this time you will water |
| Soil | | | | your plants in soil daily and record your plant growth. |
| Sand | | | | When the five weeks is over you will remove each |
| Water | | | | plant from its container and carefully measure it. You |
| To get this project started you will need to fill three of | | | | can chart your findings on a graph. |
| the plastic cups with 5cm of soil and three of them | | | | |