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Flying Bananas

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Explore My mom is a 11th and 12th grade science teacher online (flvs). So she teaches me s lot of things about plants and I overhear he talking to students and I catch on with some of the stuff that she teaches
Research Question We are going to test and see if the C fern can grow at an angle. I wanted to how many C fern could grow into the crate. And to see if the C Ferns can grow in the way that they will be growing in Mar's ( because there is no gravity so they will be floating all over the place in the spaceship.
Predictions Our group predicts that if you put the petri dishes sideways, the C ferns will try to grow sideways so that they can have a feeling to what Mars feels like. Because in mars there is no gravity, so doing this the C ferns can have a better chance in survival on Mars.
Experimental Design We put gloves on and sterilized the gloves and the table. We took the Petri dishes and put it on our table. Then Mr Kosmoski poured hot agar into the Petri dishes. Then we flipped the dishes. We left them there over night, then the next day we put droplets of the C Ferns. The C Ferns were in sterilized water. Then we put the Petri dishes into the crate sideways( because that’s our control).
Conclusion This project has showed us that putting the C ferns sideways doesn't affect the way the plants grow. Our plants are healthy and are starting to grow roots. Compared to the control group, they are just as healthy. If we did do another experiment, I think we would maybe flip the petri dishes every day to see if they would be affected when upside down.
Investigation Theme CFERN
Grade Level Middle School Students (grades 6,7,8)
School Name Ben Hill Middle School
Session Spring 2018

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