| Explore | We know that plants die and can grow at different rates depending on their enviorment. We have discovered that plants go through photosynthesis and have chlorophyl that gives it its green pigment. A question that interests us about plants is what are the best factors to grow a plant? |
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| Research Question | Our question is How will different types of water affect their growth? We came up with this question by researching different ways to grow a plant. This question fits what we know about this topic by testing a different way to grow it. |
| Predictions | The possible outcomes of our study given the variables we are working with are that the different types of water might effect the growth pattern. Our explanation for why we think this will happen is the different varieties of waters and the way each seed will respond to that water. We think some will be successful and some will fail. We think that the plant with regular water will have the most growth since it is what plants are usually are grown with and the salt usually dries things out while vinegar can be too acidic for a plant. As for sugar there is a possibility, but plants are the ones usually producing sugar. However, the sugar migth attract insects. |
| Experimental Design | First me and my group will have 12 planting pots. Giselle will then fill every planting pot with soil until the lip. Iris’s duties is to fill up a graduated cylinder with around an inch of water. Adair will place the seeds in each planting pot that contains the soil. Brisa will then water the plant A with vinegar water. Iris will then water plant B with salt water. Adair will then water egg shell C with sugar water. Giselle will then water plant D with drinking water.Each plant will be getting watered on Mondays and Wednesdays with around an inch of their own type of water and on Fridays the plants will be watered with 1.5/2 inches of the different types of water since we wont be here on saturdays or sundays. .We will take progress pictures and write down the changes each plant has made using different types of waters to grow them. We will measure things like growth or the changes each plant goes through with different waters. We will be taking pictures to see if there are any changes at least once a week. |
| Conclusion | Now that we have finished our project we have concluded that the plant with the most growth and healthiest roots was the plant with regular water. The last time that we measured the water plants they were 17.5, 15.5, and 16 cm. The roots measured at 9cm, 13cm, and 8cm. As for the sugar plants they ended up with no growth at the end. The plants had died and the roots measured 5cm, 2cm, and 2.5cm. The vinegar plants never grew so we didn't measure anything throughout the whole experiment and the salt plants had one plant that only measured around 2 cm and the roots were 1cm. The water plants stayed with a green color throughout the whole process and the sugar plants started with a green color and ended up yellow. In the beginning, the salt plants had no growth and once they were visible they had a green and yellow color. |
| 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 |