The sun was shining, the air was warm, and the soil was just asking to be planted. Speaking of soil, we sure learned a lot about it and how water moves through it. As the size of rock particles gets smaller, the spaces between them get smaller and water moves much slower through the soil. Clay is the term for the smallest size rock particles in soil. Soil with a lot of clay in it stays wet much longer than sand which is bigger in size. We played a really raucous game pretending to be clay, silt, and sand soil. Watch out, here comes the rain!!!
We also put our science caps on and tested our hypothesis that water runs through sand soil much faster than clay soil. Our results supported our hypothesis!
Our garden is partially planted with our favorite veggies and gnomes are standing guard over them. In our mystery box this week was a 2 year old potato. It lent itself nicely to learning about how potatoes grow. The secret....they grow from old potatoes.
Remember, the garden is always there to explore!
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