TITLE:
Provideatitlethatisadescriptionofyourexperiment
Thetitleshouldclearlyidentifytheexperimentsvariables(independent&
dependent)
WatervsVitaminstomakeyourplantgrowfaster.~NylaLewis
PURPOSE(THISISOBSERVATIONandQUESTION):
Thisiswhereyouexplainwhatyouobservedthatledtothequestion
(althoughIamprovidingthequestion).
Thisistheplacetoexplainwhatyouaretryingtofindoutorwhatyouare
goingtodointhelab.
Includeanyimportantbackgroundinformationaboutthevariablesinvolved
thatyoulearnedfromresearch
IknowfromresearchthattomakeaplantyouneedtouseLight+C0
+
2
H
0.So,thesewereadefiniteneed.Whatweusedinclassfromapracticeexperiment
2
weknewthattemperatureandlightintensitywasimportantaswell.So,foran
experimentthenjustusingthetheimportantthingsIdecidedtomakeitgrowfasterby
usingVitamins.ForthisexperimentIwillseeratherthiswillhelptogrowfasterorslower
ornotatall.~NylaLewis
HYPOTHESIS:
Ifthenbecause...
(1sentence)
Thisisacause/effectstatementwhatareyougoingtodo?
Thisisapredictionofwhattheexpectedoutcomeofthelabwillbe.
Relatethehypothesistothepurpose/problemofthelab.
Trytofocusyourhypothesisontheinformation/researchyoucollected.
If
youusevitaminsandhavethecolorwhite,intensity50,C02onhighconc,and
temperatureon25,inwhatyougrow,yourplantwouldgrowfaster.
Then,
yourplant
wouldgrowstronger,healthier,andfaster.
Because,
vitaminshelpyoustaywellput
togethersimilarlikeorangejuice.Healthyrichwetsoilisgreatforplants.~NylaLewis
MATERIALS:
Listallitemsinacolumn.
Makesuretorecordtheexactsizeandamountofeachitemrequired.
TheitemsthatIamusingforthisexperiment:
Soil
Labels
Onecrushedvitamin~NylaLewis
EXPERIMENT/PROCEDURES:
Listandnumbereachstep.
Usecompletesentences(beginwithacapitalletteranduseendpunctuation).
Shouldbeclearenoughforsomeoneelsetouseasinstructionsforrepeating
yourexperiment.
3/2
~Plantedaflowerpackina4separateplots(2x2)
~Putonecrushedvitaminin3ofthe4plots
~Apinchoffertilizer2ofthe4
~Apinchofgrassseed1ofthe4~NylaLewis
RESULTS/DATA:
(minimumof5sentences)
Besuretoaccuratelyrecordyourobservations/datainachartortable.
DAY
2/28
2/29
3/1
0
0
3/2
3/3
Mr.F
Used
finally
10mLof
brings
water
the
Apinch
vitamins
of
fertilizer
0
0
3/4
Thursda
y
3/7
Monday
Added
10mLof
water
Added
10mLof
water.
Ex1:
Ex2:
Ex3:
DAY
3/8
3/9
3/15
3/16
2/21/16
3/10
Thursday
3/14
didnt
check
Ex1:
.5
15.9
19
22.5
Ex2:
Ex3:
~NylaLewis
Createagraphtoprovideavisualofyourdata.
NYLASGRAPH
Provideaverbaldescriptionofyourdata.
Averbaldescriptiononmygraphisthatexperimentoneworkswaybetterthen
alltheotherexperimentswhichinclude2and3anditsalsobetterthenmycontrol.
AnotherverbaldescriptionInoticeinmydataisthatjustusingvitaminsmakesmyplant
growmuchmorethenaddingfertilizerandgrassseed.~NylaLewis
Listallvariablesandexplainwhatyourcontrolwas.
AllthevariablesthatIveusedthroughoutthisexperimentwerevitamins,water,
fertilizer,andgrassseedandformycontrolgroupallIusedwaswater.~NylaLewis
CONCLUSION:
(minimumof10sentences)
EXPLAIN:
Whatyoudidintheexperiment
Whatyouobserved(trends/patternsinyourdatathatsupportedor
didnotsupportyourhypothesis)CLAIMS,EVIDENCE&
REASONING
Whatyoulearnedfromthelab
Ifyouthinkitwasafairtest(i.e.wasthereanythingthatmay
haveimpactedtheaccuracyofyourresults)
Questionsforfurtherresearchandinvestigation
Application:Canyouthinkofananalogoussituationthatappliesto
reallife?
InthisexperimentItriedotherwaystomakeyourplantgrowbyusingonline
researchandwithoutusingjustyournormalwaterandlight.WhatIveobservedthat
usingvitamins(forexperimentone)willincreasethegrowthofmyflower.Evidenceto
provethatusingvitaminswillincreasethegrowthdramaticallyisthedatatableabove.
Thedatatableshowsthatexperimentonehadthemostamountofgrowth.For
Experiment2,itdidntreallyworkasplaned.ResearchthatIvedonesaiditshouldhave
grownlikeexperiment1.But,sadlyitdidnt.Accordingtothegraphitshowsthat
experiment2wentbaduntilitstartedtogrowreallylateespeciallysinceIwasgrowing
flowers.Experiment3,wassupposetogrowabouthalfofexperiment1.But,itchanged.
How?Ibelievethatitwasbecauseofthefertilizer.IaddedfertilizerbeingtoldfromMr.
Fthatitllhelptheplantgrow.Myresearchonlysaidtodowater,light,grassseed,and
vitamins.Ibelieveitcouldhavegrownabitfasterbutinsteaditwasreallyslow.But,
afterIstoppedaddingfertilizeritbegantogrow.Evenbiggerthenexperiment2untilthe
endoftheproject.Formycontrol.IveobservedthatitdidntgrowasmuchasI
assumeditwouldgrow.Alsoincludingthatthegraphalsoshowshowitstartednotto
growuntiltheending.Althoughexperiment3didntgrowuntiltheendexperiment3still
beatthecontrol(whichwasjusttheregularwaterandlight).Ibelievethatthiswhole
experimentwasafairtestbesidesthefactofmebeingtoldthatthefertilizerwouldhelp
experiment2growmuchfaster.IknownowthatIshouldprobablysticktotheresearch
insteadofaddingthinginespeciallyduringthemiddleofexperimenting.But,overallit
wasstillsuccessful.Theyallgrewwaybetterthenmycontrol.Whichisagoodthing.IfI
comparethistoananalogoussituationthatappliestoreallifeIdcompareittomy
middleschoolresearch.Althoughitwasprettymuchthesame.Idstillcompareitto
middleschoolbecauseIhadalmostthesameproblemwithchangingstuffespecially
lastminute.But,theexperimentwasgreatanditstillwentwell.f~NylaLewis