Scientific Investigation

My topic is: Radish production

Aim:

• What do you want to find out?
• Why do you want to do this experiment?

I want to find the best soil conditions for radish production. I want to do this experiment so farmers and home-growers know which soil will get them the best radishes!

Hypothesis:

• What do you think will happen?
• Make an educated guess from the background research you have done

I think that the treated soil will grow the biggest radishes (determined by LxW)

Equipment:

• 5 x packet of radish seeds
• 5 x section of garden/growing pot
• buckets of sand
• buckets of compost
• buckets of mud
• buckets of dirt
• packet of treated soil
• watering can/hose
• a lasting source of water
• gloves (optional)
• shovel/spade (optional)

Method:

1) Empty soils into garden/growing pots.

2) Plant one packet of seeds in each patch/soil pot.

3) Give each patch approximately 1 minute of watering/hosing a day. Give mud patch 2 minutes to keep mud from drying.

4) Once 1.25 months have passed harvest radishes.

5)Measure the length and width of the biggest-looking radish from each patch.

6) Multiply the length of the radishes by the width.

7) The radish with the highest result is declared the winner.