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'Science Project Final Paper'
Title:
'Breaking Down Growth' (reserve the right to change)
Topic:
Biology (hypotonics)
Purpose:
To see whether added chemicals (nutrients) help to speed up seed
germination.
Hypothesis:
I feel that there are/should be certain things that could be added to
an 'unknown' plant to stimulate its growth.
I will be trying to add different amounts and kinds of fertilizers to
several different temperatures. If this experiment is successful, than we
should be able to tell which fertilizers/ nutrients/ stimulants to add to plants
to speed up growth.
Materials:
The materials that I will be using (at least most of them) are listed
below. As you will see I have decided to use different types of plants/ seeds.
- 5 beans (kidney, pinto, etc.)
- at least 1-1 pint jar
- distilled water
- refrigerator
- several liquid plant fertilizers (5-10-15)
- 1- gallon plastic milk/ water jug
- any kind of felt marking pen masking tape
- paper towels
- 2+ straight sided drinking glasses
- 2+ sheets of black construction paper
- stapler
(The materials listed are for the experiment itself.
I reserve the right to add
other materials as needed as I go along, which will be noted.)
Control/ Variable:
-The controlled experiment shall be 1 or several plants grown without
fertilizer/ stimulation.
- The variable in this experiment shall be the many plants grown with
fertilizer/ stimulation.
Sources Used So Far:
- A+ Book of Biology for Science Fairs
- Microsoft Encarta 'CD' Encyclopedia
- Microsoft Bookshelf 'CD' Encyclopedia
- World Book 1994 Edition
- World Wide Web (Internet)--------(magazine articles, notations, etc.)
Design:
The design of my setup will be basically many plants. What I will be
doing is waiting for half of the plants I grow to be about 1 inch...