| Explore | We know that plants need soil, water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide for the plant to grow. |
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| Research Question | What type of soil would work best for radishes? We came up with this question because around the school there are different soil types and it would be interesting to see which one is best. And which one would have the best results. The garden soil is really just dirt but it is used to grow different plants because it is nutritious for plants, the farm soil has animal manure in it so it can help improve the soil quality, and the potting soil is often used due to its many benefits such as retaining moisture and nutrients around our plant's roots. |
| Predictions | We think that the potting mixed soil would work better because it might have the right nutrients that the farm soil and garden soil may lack. |
| Experimental Design | Our plan is to take soil from our school garden, farm, and store-bought potting soil and compare them to see what works best and why it worked best. We will take 1 and 1/2 cups of each soil for each pot and plant the seeds about 1/2 an inch or an inch deep. We will have three pots for each soil to accurately retrieve the average data from them. They will all be in the same environment and will be watered the same amount at the same time and day. |
| Investigation Theme | AFW |
| Grade Level | High School Students (Grades 9,10,11,12) |
| Teacher Name | Bradley Miranda |
| School Name | Mendota High School |
| Session | Spring 2022 |