| Explore | Plants are a very important part of the environment and ecosystems, plants photosynthesize to make their energy, some plants are meant for certain things (bears eat berries we can't, bees pollinate plants and flowers that we can't and we eat those plants.) Bees are a vital part of the environment |
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| Research Question | How do different types of soil affect the growth of seedlings? (Example: soil with fertilizer, soil without fertilizer, and soil with compost) We thought about how the soil affects the plants and we assume since people add fertilizer to the soil plants grow better whereas it's harder for plants to grow without nutrients. |
| Predictions | the possible outcomes of our plant is for it to be healthy, very healthy or not healthy, but we are predicting that our plants will be healthy given the variables we are working with. The seeds will take up the nutrients in the compost, fertilizer and in the soil and take up the water as well as photosynthesise and this will allow the plant healthy. |
| Experimental Design | We will have three pots and put ten seeds into each pot. One pot will have soil with fertilizer, one pot with soil but with out fertilizer and a final pot with dirt. we will have the seeds all in a plastic pot. we will give the seeds one cup of tap water each day and keep the plant in the classroom in regular light. we will measure the height of the plant over the period of time of the experiment and observe the health of the plant. We will keep the amount of water, light, type of dirt or soil and amount of fertilizer consistent throughout the experiment. We will record our data in a table with the height, type of soil and dirt etc. |
| Investigation Theme | WOS |
| Grade Level | High School Students (Grades 9,10,11,12) |
| School Name | Orillia Secondary School |
| Session | Spring 2018 |
| About this Project | The students in this team were really engaged in the project and had thoughtful conversations with their mentor. I was really struck by the level of engagement. This team really made use of their mentor - they asked their mentor questions, had some of their questions answered, and took the mentor's suggestions and adjusted their experimental design accordingly. It seemed like a fruitful partnership! |