Hi all,

 

You did a great job in your experimental design, data collection, and conclusions. I thought your seed selection was interesting with the variety you tested, and using charcoal to add carbon was innovative and a good test.  Thank you for sharing your data with me, it was good to see your results and conclusion.

 

Again, great job! I enjoyed working with you on your projects. I hope you enjoyed studying these plants, and good luck in your future projects and endeavors in science.

 

Thanks,

Ms. Becklund

Thank you so much, once again. We all really appreciate it. The germination was amazing!

                                                                Happy Spring Break and Happy Easter

                                                                                              Amani, Nathaniel, and Ian

Hi,

Ian is currently labeling our photos that we uploaded so that it would be easier for you to understand. Nathaniel is currently typing our conclusion. So since they are busy I will be writing to you! Today was our last day because we have been going longer that anyone else, which was about 8-10 days. If you can check our conclusion after we upload it , you will see that our carbon radishes and our carbon peas, were the best germinated seeds. We are thinking to continue our carbon peas and carbon radishes because people are thinking that this was a new observation or a new experiment that not many people have done or seen. We also want to continue because we were shocked at the results that we received from them, and we want to see how they would look when they're all the way done. We will be doings on our own and not for planting science. Thank you so much for all of the advice you have given us, for all of the tips, and for your time. We gratefully appreciate it and we loved planting science!!

Hello, 

We were planning on having tomorrow be our last day.  I'm working on getting the pictures uploaded. I've taken all of the photos. Some of them take a while to load on our Chromebook. Nathaniel has a spreadsheet on paper and Amani has one on the Chromebook. Our plants have been growing great and were gathering data based on what happened. Some of our plants have mold, and some didn't grow. We'll try to keep you updated on what happens next.

Hi all,

Your experiment setup sounds great. The alka seltzer tablets creating CO2 is a great idea. I looked at your results photos and they are interested - it seems like the pea seeds did not germinate in any of the experiments or normal conditions. The radishes germinated well, the one photo with the white roots with fuzzy root hairs is very cool! Did you see a difference in germination time or amount of seeds that germinated across your experiments? Why do you think the pea seeds did not germinate well?

Great work! Your results are exciting. I am looking forward to hearing more about your results and conclusions.

Thanks,

Ms. Becklund

Hi agian, our tean decided to do the carbon dioxide rich enviroment expirement.We did this expirement by putting 30 radishes and 20 peas in charcoal, we then put 30 radishes and 20 peas in a bag. In the bag we had the seeds around a cup, in that cup it was filled with water, and every we are going to dump the water out, add more water, then put 2 alka seltzer and let the water fizz (with the bag closed). We also have 30 radishes and 20 peas x2 for the "normal air".We are going to water all of the seeds each day, with the same amount. If you have any recommendations please let us know but if not that is okay. Thank you for you time!

Hi Ian, Nathan, and Amani,

Great to hear about your project! I like your ideas so far, that sounds really interesting. I have a few questions on how you could test your experiment.

1. How would you design a magnetic field or carbon dioxide-rich environment for your seeds to be in? Could you tape magnets around the plants, maybe around the pot? Or breathe on your seeds/plants for a set amount of time each day? 

2. You might want to think about growing a few normal seeds without a magnetic field or extra carbon dioxide, so you can compare your results to a "normal" plant. This is what we call a "control" in the experiment. 

3. Do you have a type of plant seed you are going to use? If you don't have a plant in mind yet, I think you could pick a seed that is easy to get. The seeds should be hard or dried, like you would get in a seed packet or dried beans at the store, not green and squishy because those are too young. My short list of suggestions: sweet peas, pinto beans, any dried beans, grass seeds (like winter rye), radish seeds, lettuce seeds. Or maybe there's a plant outside with dried seeds that you could try?

Beans are good for germination studies because they are large, easy to get, and grow quickly because the baby plant inside the seed is large. In fact, when you are eating beans (like peanuts, edamame, green beans, or pinto beans), the main part inside are the first leaves of the baby plant inside of the seed. 

I hope this helps! 

Ms. Becklund

Hello

    My name is Ian, and my group members are Nathaniel and Amani. We are students at St. Sebastian school. We have a couple of ideas, such as having a magnetic force act of a seed, and giving a seed a carbon dioxide rich enviornment.

Hi everyone,

 

I'm Ellie, I'm a graduate student at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. I study legumes, the plant family with beans, soy, peanuts, lentils, and chickpeas. It is an important group of plants with food and medicinal uses. Legumes provide nutrients to other plants through the soil and are important for farming and gardening. 

I got into science through my interests in hiking and camping, and I wanted a job that studied nature. Outside of science, I like to go kayaking and play disc golf. I'm excited to work with you all on your project, and am also here to talk about any questions you may have about science, plants, college, the Ohio outdoors, etc.! 

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