| Explore | Parts of the experiment worked - it was more difficult than anticipated to cut the individual cell types out of the celery, so we only did the parenchyma cells in one container and the rest of the celery in another. |
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| Research Question | The parenchyma cells bent the most, followed by the sclerenchyma cells and the collenchyma cells. |
| Predictions | The data partially supports our predictions, we thought only the parenchyma cells would bend. The parenchyma cells bent the most, as expected, but the other cells bent as well. The only celery that didnt bend was the whole celery. |
| Experimental Design | Parenchyma cells are the most flexible cells, causing them to bend the most. Some of the parenchyma cells were still attached to the collenchyma and sclerenchyma cells, which may explain why they bent as well. |
| Conclusion | Are sclerenchyma cells flexible like parenchyma? |
| Investigation Theme | CEL |
| Grade Level | High School Students (Grades 9,10,11,12) |
| School Name | East Hartford High School |
| Session | Spring 2018 |