HOWTOGROWPLANTSTHEFASTEST

TITLE:
Provideatitlethatisadescriptionofyourexperiment
Thetitleshouldclearlyidentifytheexperimentsvariables(independent&
dependent)
WatervsVitaminstomakeyourplantgrowfaster.~NylaLewis

PURPOSE(THISISOBSERVATIONandQUESTION):
Thisiswhereyouexplainwhatyouobservedthatledtothequestion
(althoughIamprovidingthequestion).
Thisistheplacetoexplainwhatyouaretryingtofindoutorwhatyouare
goingtodointhelab.
Includeanyimportantbackgroundinformationaboutthevariablesinvolved
thatyoulearnedfromresearch
IknowfromresearchthattomakeaplantyouneedtouseLight+C0
+
2
H
0.So,thesewereadefiniteneed.Whatweusedinclassfromapracticeexperiment
2
weknewthattemperatureandlightintensitywasimportantaswell.So,foran
experimentthenjustusingthetheimportantthingsIdecidedtomakeitgrowfasterby
usingVitamins.ForthisexperimentIwillseeratherthiswillhelptogrowfasterorslower
ornotatall.~NylaLewis

HYPOTHESIS:
Ifthenbecause...
(1sentence)
Thisisacause/effectstatementwhatareyougoingtodo?
Thisisapredictionofwhattheexpectedoutcomeofthelabwillbe.
Relatethehypothesistothepurpose/problemofthelab.
Trytofocusyourhypothesisontheinformation/researchyoucollected.
If
youusevitaminsandhavethecolorwhite,intensity50,C02onhighconc,and
temperatureon25,inwhatyougrow,yourplantwouldgrowfaster.
Then,
yourplant
wouldgrowstronger,healthier,andfaster.
Because,
vitaminshelpyoustaywellput
togethersimilarlikeorangejuice.Healthyrichwetsoilisgreatforplants.~NylaLewis

MATERIALS:
Listallitemsinacolumn.
Makesuretorecordtheexactsizeandamountofeachitemrequired.
TheitemsthatIamusingforthisexperiment:
Soil
Labels
Onecrushedvitamin~NylaLewis
EXPERIMENT/PROCEDURES:
Listandnumbereachstep.
Usecompletesentences(beginwithacapitalletteranduseendpunctuation).
Shouldbeclearenoughforsomeoneelsetouseasinstructionsforrepeating
yourexperiment.
3/2
~Plantedaflowerpackina4separateplots(2x2)
~Putonecrushedvitaminin3ofthe4plots
~Apinchoffertilizer2ofthe4
~Apinchofgrassseed1ofthe4~NylaLewis

RESULTS/DATA:
(minimumof5sentences)
Besuretoaccuratelyrecordyourobservations/datainachartortable.

DAY

2/28

2/29

3/1

CONTRO Planted Mr.F

Mr.F
L
saidhe didnt
GROWTH
was
bring
(mm)
goingto
the
bring
vitamin
vitamin
s
s

0
0

3/2

3/3

Mr.F
Used
finally
10mLof
brings
water
the
Apinch
vitamins
of

fertilizer
0
0

3/4
Thursda
y

3/7
Monday

Added
10mLof
water

Added
10mLof
water.

Ex1:

Ex2:

Ex3:

DAY

3/8

3/9

3/15

3/16

2/21/16

CONTRO Apinch plant

L
of
had
GROWTH growing small
(mm)
fertilizer growth
.
grew
10mL 10mL
ofwater
of
water

3/10
Thursday

3/14

Stronger 15.9, 19,7,5 22.5,5,

growth
1,4
strong
6
10mLof strong growth 10mLof
water
growth 10mL
water
10mL
Growth
of
water

didnt
check

Ex1:

.5

15.9

19

22.5

Ex2:

Ex3:

~NylaLewis

Createagraphtoprovideavisualofyourdata.

NYLASGRAPH


Provideaverbaldescriptionofyourdata.
Averbaldescriptiononmygraphisthatexperimentoneworkswaybetterthen
alltheotherexperimentswhichinclude2and3anditsalsobetterthenmycontrol.
AnotherverbaldescriptionInoticeinmydataisthatjustusingvitaminsmakesmyplant
growmuchmorethenaddingfertilizerandgrassseed.~NylaLewis

Listallvariablesandexplainwhatyourcontrolwas.
AllthevariablesthatIveusedthroughoutthisexperimentwerevitamins,water,
fertilizer,andgrassseedandformycontrolgroupallIusedwaswater.~NylaLewis

CONCLUSION:

(minimumof10sentences)
EXPLAIN:
Whatyoudidintheexperiment
Whatyouobserved(trends/patternsinyourdatathatsupportedor
didnotsupportyourhypothesis)CLAIMS,EVIDENCE&
REASONING
Whatyoulearnedfromthelab
Ifyouthinkitwasafairtest(i.e.wasthereanythingthatmay
haveimpactedtheaccuracyofyourresults)
Questionsforfurtherresearchandinvestigation
Application:Canyouthinkofananalogoussituationthatappliesto
reallife?
InthisexperimentItriedotherwaystomakeyourplantgrowbyusingonline
researchandwithoutusingjustyournormalwaterandlight.WhatIveobservedthat
usingvitamins(forexperimentone)willincreasethegrowthofmyflower.Evidenceto
provethatusingvitaminswillincreasethegrowthdramaticallyisthedatatableabove.
Thedatatableshowsthatexperimentonehadthemostamountofgrowth.For
Experiment2,itdidntreallyworkasplaned.ResearchthatIvedonesaiditshouldhave
grownlikeexperiment1.But,sadlyitdidnt.Accordingtothegraphitshowsthat
experiment2wentbaduntilitstartedtogrowreallylateespeciallysinceIwasgrowing
flowers.Experiment3,wassupposetogrowabouthalfofexperiment1.But,itchanged.
How?Ibelievethatitwasbecauseofthefertilizer.IaddedfertilizerbeingtoldfromMr.
Fthatitllhelptheplantgrow.Myresearchonlysaidtodowater,light,grassseed,and
vitamins.Ibelieveitcouldhavegrownabitfasterbutinsteaditwasreallyslow.But,
afterIstoppedaddingfertilizeritbegantogrow.Evenbiggerthenexperiment2untilthe
endoftheproject.Formycontrol.IveobservedthatitdidntgrowasmuchasI
assumeditwouldgrow.Alsoincludingthatthegraphalsoshowshowitstartednotto
growuntiltheending.Althoughexperiment3didntgrowuntiltheendexperiment3still
beatthecontrol(whichwasjusttheregularwaterandlight).Ibelievethatthiswhole
experimentwasafairtestbesidesthefactofmebeingtoldthatthefertilizerwouldhelp
experiment2growmuchfaster.IknownowthatIshouldprobablysticktotheresearch
insteadofaddingthinginespeciallyduringthemiddleofexperimenting.But,overallit
wasstillsuccessful.Theyallgrewwaybetterthenmycontrol.Whichisagoodthing.IfI
comparethistoananalogoussituationthatappliestoreallifeIdcompareittomy
middleschoolresearch.Althoughitwasprettymuchthesame.Idstillcompareitto
middleschoolbecauseIhadalmostthesameproblemwithchangingstuffespecially
lastminute.But,theexperimentwasgreatanditstillwentwell.f~NylaLewis