fchslashspring2021 project 2
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Project by group fchslashspring2021
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| Explore | Pollen is really important in plant reproduction. Pollen is produced in the stamen and then transported to the stigma. Below the stigma is the ovary that holds the ovule. Once on the stigma, the pollen grows the tube which makes it to the ovule. This becomes the seed and the ovary becomes the... |
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| Research Question | Does the amount of sucrose affect pollen tube growth? |
| Predictions | We predict that 20% sucrose will make more pollen germinate. We think this because when we grew pollen tubes in 10% they grew so we think more sugar would mean more growth. |
| Experimental Design | We will have five dishes with five straws to go with them. We are going to have 5%,10%,15%,20% and 0%. That is the amount of sugar water we will be putting in each. At 0% we will just put water in it. We will be measuring the growth of the pollen. |
| Conclusion | What claim can we make from our experiment? What are possible explanations for our results? How do the data we collected and our reasoning with scientific ideas support our claim? What future experiments could be done to expand on the results of this experiment? |
| About this Project |
I really thought the experiment was unusual and thought provoking. The students did a good job of documenting with photos which they posted online. |
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As this research project is now in the final stages of wrapping-up, we wish to thank everyone who participated in this inquiry; the students, mentors, teachers and others behind the scenes. We appreciate all of your efforts and contributions to this online learning community.
Scientific exploration is a process of discovery that can be fun! There are many unanswered questions about plants just waiting for new scientists to consider, investigate, and share.
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Good afternoon, I am grateful for all of your help! Thank you for taking your time out of your day to help us. We appreciate it a lot. We will be signing off. I hope you all have a nice day. Stay warm!
Hi Team, I just want to say I am very impressed with the work you did. I’m planning to recommend your team for recognition for planning an unusually interesting experiment. And one that may also be useful for devising more experiments along the same lines. Good luck with your future endeavors and I honestly hope some of you will become scientists. You’re talented.
Good afternoon, we I just want to tell you that we a living and we just want to tell you Thank you for taking your time and working with us. We greatly appreciate it. Have a nice wonderful day!
Hi team, interesting results! Thanks for the report. Why did you originally think that 20% sucrose would have the highest germination rate? Remember that sucrose is energy for that the pollen can use to produce the tube!
I think this week you are wrapping up the module, so I just wanted to thank you for really using your scientific and critical thinking skills; I hope you'll continue to stay curious! I also wish you the best the rest of the school year and success in your future endeavors!
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Good afternoon! Today we checked our project on pollen tubes and we found out that 50% sucrose produces the most pollen tubes. We were surprised because we thought that 20% sucrose would produce more.20% was the same as 10%. they both made 3 pollen tubes.
good afternoon today we check ours pre experiment to see if pollen grains and we count them and they were 40-50 more thank you and have a good day
Thanks for the update. I was wondering if you've had the chance to observe any pollen tube germination yet? Does there seem to be differences between your control and treatment?
Hello, we are going to be looking at the pollen tubes tomorrow. I'll keep you updated!
Good afternoon, today we planned an experiment with growing pollen. We are going to use sugar water and water to help it grow. We are going to put different amount of sugar water drops. We are going to do one with no sugar water just with water. That one is going to be our control. The consent variables are the pollen type, amount of water, plant, and temperature. We are measuring the percentage of germinate pollen.
Keona and Jennifer
Hi Team! I think you’re seeing some of the natural variation found in nature in general and you’re asking good questions! Nice photos you posted! I’m wondering myself now if pollen is always found in a round shape. We should look this up.