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HOWTOGROWPLANTSTHEFASTEST
TITLE:ClubSodavs.PlantFoodMixonPlants
Provideatitlethatisadescriptionofyourexperiment
Thetitleshouldclearlyidentifytheexperimentsvariables(independent&
dependent)
PURPOSE(THISISOBSERVATIONandQUESTION):Ourpurposewastofigure
outwhatmakesplantsgrowthefastest.Whatmakesplantsgrowthefastest.
Thisiswhereyouexplainwhatyouobservedthatledtothequestion
(althoughIamprovidingthequestion).
Thisistheplacetoexplainwhatyouaretryingtofindoutorwhatyouare
goingtodointhelab.
Includeanyimportantbackgroundinformationaboutthevariablesinvolved
thatyoulearnedfromresearch
HYPOTHESIS:
Ifthenbecause...
(1sentence)
Ifweputplantfoodand
carbonatedwaterinaplant,itwillgrowfast.
Thisisacause/effectstatementwhatareyougoingtodo?
Thisisapredictionofwhattheexpectedoutcomeofthelabwillbe.
Relatethehypothesistothepurpose/problemofthelab.
Trytofocusyourhypothesisontheinformation/researchyoucollected.
MATERIALS:
cilantroseeds
carbonatedwater
plantfood(seebelow)
1.75bananas
0.5cupofblackbeans
0.5cupofchickpeas
1cupoflentils
1cupofgreenpeas
1cupofunsaltedpumpkinseeds
add600mLofhotwater
blend
(wedecidedweshouldnthaveputwaterin)
Listallitemsinacolumn.
Makesuretorecordtheexactsizeandamountofeachitemrequired.
EXPERIMENT/PROCEDURES:
Listandnumbereachstep.
Usecompletesentences(beginwithacapitalletteranduseendpunctuation).
Shouldbeclearenoughforsomeoneelsetouseasinstructionsforrepeating
yourexperiment.
2/29
20mlofregularwaterincontrol
3/1
3/2
3/3
3/4
3/7
3/8
3/9
20mlofregularwaterinPFonly
20mlofclubsodainPF&CS
20mlofclubsodainCSonly
20mlofregularwaterincontrol
20mlofregularwaterinPFonly
20mlofclubsodainPF&CS
20mlofclubsodainCSonly
0.5tbspofPFinPFOnly
0.5tbspofPFinPF&CS
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
0.5tbspofPFinPFOnly
0.5tbspofPFinPF&CS
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
0.5tbspofPFinPFOnly
0.5tbspofPFinPF&CS
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
0.5tbspofPFinPFOnly
0.5tbspofPFinPF&CS
Weaccidentallyreplacedplantfood2daysinarow
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
3/10
3/14
3/15
3/16
3/17
3/21
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
0.5tbspofPFinPFOnly
0.5tbspofPFinPF&C
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
0.5tbspofPFinPFOnly
0.5tbspofPFinPF&CS
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofregularwaterincontrol
10mlofregularwaterinPFonly
10mlofclubsodainPF&CS
10mlofclubsodainCSonly
RESULTS/DATA:
(minimumof5sentences)
Besuretoaccuratelyrecordyourobservations/datainachartortable.
Control
DAY
2/26
2/2
9
3/1
GROWTH
(mm)
plant
3/ 3/ 3 3
2 3 / /
4 5
0
3/6
0 0 0 germ
3/
7
3/
8
3/
9
50 51
3/14 3/1
5
70
3/16
3/17
3
/
2
1
95
95
9
3
75
PF
DAY
2/26
2/2
9
3/1 3/2 3/
3
GROWTH plant
(mm)
3/1 3 3/
/
3
2
3/
4
3 3 3 3 3/9 3/14
/ / / /
5 6 7 8
0 0 0 2 22
0
30
315
3/16 3
/
1
7
31
dead 0
ClubSoda
DAY
2/26
2/2
9
GROWTH
(mm)
plant
3 3 3/6 3/
/ /
7
4 5
3/8
3/9
3/ 3/1
14 5
3
/
1
6
3
/
1
7
3
/
2
1
0 0 ger 20 60
m
70
83 95 1 1 9
0 0 8
0 0
CSandPF
DAY
2/26 2/2
9
GROWTH plant
(mm)
3/1
3/2
3/3 3/
4
3 3/ 3 3/ 3 3/ 3 3
/ 6 / 8 / 14 / /
5
7
9
1 1
5 6
3/17
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Createagraphtoprovideavisualofyourdata.
Provideaverbaldescriptionofyourdata.
Ourthreeplantsthatactuallygrewgerminatedaroundthesamedate.Ourcontroland
ClubSodagrewexponentiallyrightawayandthenstartedtoroundout.Theplantfood
onlyplantgrewtoabout30mmandthendied.TheClubSodaandPlantfoodplantdid
notgrowatall.
Listallvariablesandexplainwhatyourcontrolwas.
Ourvariableswereaplantwithonlyourmixofplantfood,aplantwithonlycarbonated
water,onewithacombinationofthetwo,andourcontrolwasaplantthatwasbeing
wateredwithonlyregularwater.
CONCLUSION:
(minimumof10sentences)
EXPLAIN:
Whatyoudidintheexperiment
Whatyouobserved(trends/patternsinyourdatathatsupportedor
didnotsupportyourhypothesis)CLAIMS,EVIDENCE&
REASONING
Whatyoulearnedfromthelab
Ifyouthinkitwasafairtest(i.e.wasthereanythingthatmay
haveimpactedtheaccuracyofyourresults)
Questionsforfurtherresearchandinvestigation
Application:Canyouthinkofananalogoussituationthatappliesto
reallife?
Ourexperimentwasputtingourplantfoodandcarbonatedwaterinaplantandseeing
whatmadetheplantsgrowfaster.Wehadfourplantsandmeasuredtheirgrowtheach
day.Weobservedthatcarbonatedwatermadeplantsgrowfasterthananythingelse.
Theother3plantsallgrewlessthanthecarbonatedwateronlyplant,andtwoofthe
otherplantsweredeadorhaven'tgrownattheendoftheexperiment.Theplantfood
onlyplantgrewinitially,buteventuallyitdied.Theplantfoodandcarbonatedwater
plantdidnotgrowatall.Welearnedthatcarbonatedwaterhelpsplantsgrow.Ithink
thatourplantfoodcouldhavebeenimprovedifwedidnotaddwatertoit,anditwasa
drymix.Otherthanthatitwasafairtest.Anotherpossibleexperimentisifweadd
differentamountsofcarbonatedwater,whatwillthegrowthoftheplantbe.Ifsomeone
growsagarden,theywillwanttousecarbonatedwater.