Cloonliffen National School, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

Investigating conditions needed for Growth 🌱

14th May 2026
This week we set up an investigation to find out what plants need to grow.
We predicted that they would need 
  • soil 
  • water and 
  • sunlight 

To test out our theory we set up 3 trays with one condition missing in each and 1 tray each with all conditions present.

We put our ‘no sunlight’ tray in the press and our ‘no water’ and ‘no soil’ trays near the window.
Finally we created our own houses and hope we have lovely lawns in a few weeks 🤞