| Explore | We knew some things about plants before but now that we are in botany class we are able to learn more about plants in a greater depth. |
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| Research Question | Our question is "How do Different Temperatures Effect the Bending of Celery?". We chose this question so we could see how the change of temperature would effect the celery because in our last experiment all the celery was in room temp water. |
| Predictions | We predict that the celery put into the freezer won't bend because the water will freeze it in place. we think the celery in the fridge may have a possible of chance of bending but the cold might change that possibility. However we believe that the celery left in room temp water will bend because their is nothing keeping it cold and allowing it not to bend and wither. |
| Experimental Design | We plan to see what the effect of different temperatures on celery are. We measured our celery and cut them all so that they would be the same length. We then measured the width, thickness, and weight in grams. We put two pieces of celery in 250 ml of water for each different temperature (fridge, freezer, room temp). We measured our celery each day for four days. At the end of our experiment we added up our averages and graphed our data. |
| Conclusion | The celery that was left in room temperature water was the celery that bent the most. The Celery in the fridge also bent slightly but not much because it was still kept in a colder place. However, the celery that was left in the freezer didn't bend because it just ended up freezing in place. Therefore we found out that celery left in room temperature water is the celery that bends the most. |
| Investigation Theme | CEL |
| Grade Level | High School Students (Grades 9,10,11,12) |
| School Name | East Hartford High School |
| Session | Spring 2018 |