Does Sand Grow?

[Lautremont]

Hypothesis: Maybe sand does grow.


Problem: Maybe it does not.


My Experiment:

Put the same sand into two different jars and expose them to conditions. One will be called the CONTROL JAR. The other is JAR.

I will be adding different sauces to one jar and leaving the other to fend for itself. This should give me an idea of the natural capabilities of sand and its general resourcefulness. Remember, the sand is in jars and not in its natural habitat. So this experiment might not have the validity of a field project.


DAY 1
The sand in neither jar has grown.

DAY 2
The sand in CONTROL JAR has definitely not grown. The sand in JAR looks a little different. My brother also thinks this.

DAY 3
The sand in JAR definitely looks different, but this later turns out to be because it was knocked over by Mrs. Ibanez while I was at school. The sand in CONTROL JAR looks the same.

DAY 4
JAR is back to the way it was. CONTROL JAR hasn’t changed, but now looks different than JAR, even though JAR is back to how it was at the beginning of the experiment. No explanation for this.

DAY 5
Was at grandma’s and could not check either jar.

DAY 6
Sand is made up of silica, which means very small rocks. Looked at piece of silica under microscope. No features to speak of. Silica showed no reaction to pain stimulus or bribes. Sand in jars looked pretty much the same as ever.

DAY 6
Starting to look like sand does not grow.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Hmmm, try mold

it always works for most 7th grade projects.

[amitten]

2. You're not very busy, are you?

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Clever response aborted

upon reading "Silica showed no reaction to pain stimulus or bribes."



:rofl: