Today, it was raining, and we talked about how water is beneficial to plants.\u00a0The kids and I discussed\u00a0what a rain gauge is and we decided we need to put one outside in our garden. We learned that the garden needs about an inch of water each week. We talked about how if\u00a0the garden does not get enough rain, we will need\u00a0to water it with a hose.\u00a0\u00a0We also learned about the other needs of plants. We listened to a new song that told us that plants need:<\/p>\n
water, air, light, soil, and space<\/p>\n
After that, we watched a video about how to grow lima beans in plastic baggies with paper towels. We were confused- how could they grow without soil?<\/strong> We have been coming up with lots of questions about what soil exactly is- was perhaps the paper towel acting as some type of soil? Does soil mean dirt, or can it be sand as well? Can plants grow in other mediums? We plan to investigate the idea of soil in the future.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\t