ShaneYB

HunterMull

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.