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April 5, 2011 | 1:59 PM |
Dr. Catrina Adams
Farewell and Best Wishes As this research project is now in the final stages of wrapping-up, we wish to thank everyone who participated in this inquiry; the students, mentors, teachers and others behind the scenes. We appreciate all of your efforts and contributions to this online learning community. Scientific exploration is a process of discovery that can be fun! There are many unanswered questions about plants just waiting for new scientists to consider, investigate, and share. Please come back and visit the PlantingScience Research Gallery Archive anytime to view this project in the future. You can search the Archive by key word, team name, topic, or school name. Enjoy the final phases of your project! Warm regards, The PlantingScience team |
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March 25, 2011 | 12:26 PM |
Andrew Schwendemann
(Scientist/Mentor)
Excellent results, ninjas. This is exactly what I would have expected you to see. The extra ingredients in the Dr. Pepper and Diet Coke can actually cause the plants to lose water! The plants that don't get as much water won't we able to grow as much. This happens because water moves into and out of plants because of a process called osmosis. Osmosis causes water to move to a place that has more solutes. You can think of a solute as the different ingredients in the sodas. Since there are a lot of solutes in the sodas, the liquid can move from the plant to the soil. When you use plain water, the water will move into the plant because the plant has more solutes than the water sitting in the soil. The whole process is a little more complicated than that, but I think it helps to explain the results that you found. Very neat! |
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March 22, 2011 | 1:30 PM |
audrey123
(Team Member)
plants 2 out of 3 plants are growing, but not a lot. |
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March 16, 2011 | 4:01 PM |
Andrew Schwendemann
(Scientist/Mentor)
What do the seeds look like now? |
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March 16, 2011 | 1:27 PM |
blackhawk
(Team Member)
Andrew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Andy so far two plants have started to grow we are not doing so well so respond when you can |
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March 15, 2011 | 1:28 PM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
plants two of our plants are starting to grow. |
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March 15, 2011 | 6:11 AM |
Andrew Schwendemann
(Scientist/Mentor)
Good! As long as they still have some water, they'll probably start growing more any time now. |
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March 14, 2011 | 9:07 AM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
oops i meant not by sorry i didnt mean to write notby sorry |
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March 14, 2011 | 8:58 AM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
seeds one of our plants has had a small bit of growth but notby much |
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March 11, 2011 | 7:15 AM |
Andrew Schwendemann
(Scientist/Mentor)
Seeds Have your seeds started to grow yet? |
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March 8, 2011 | 6:22 PM |
Andrew Schwendemann
(Scientist/Mentor)
Hi Cole, What were the questions that you have? I haven't seen any new ones displayed in the comments. |
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March 8, 2011 | 2:46 PM |
maxxy
(Team Member)
im sorry for getting mad at u i overreacted its alright its just that u only responded twice and i responded a lot more than u and i really needed to tell u a few things about the science experiment so i hope u can forgive me so see u next time when u reply and bye. |
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March 8, 2011 | 2:26 PM |
maxxy
(Team Member)
what took u so long ive been waiting for u to reply back since two weeks ago and u just decide to reply right thats dissapointing, im so dissapointed in u so reply back next time after u get this message so see u on your next reply. from u know who. p.s. thankss alot for replying the second time. |
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March 7, 2011 | 7:48 AM |
Andrew Schwendemann
(Scientist/Mentor)
Hi team, I'm glad to hear that you've gotten things started off. It may take a few days for the seeds to germinate. I'm not sure that your seeds will be able to germinate in the mulch. If they don't germinate in the mulch, wet two paper towels and stick the seeds in between them. Once the stem and roots start coming out of the seed, plant them back into the mulch. Good luck! |
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March 4, 2011 | 2:18 PM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
project we have started on our project and so far nothiung has grown. we think that might be because we are growing our plants in mulch bercause our science teacher ran out of dirt and all we had left was mulch |
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February 24, 2011 | 2:25 PM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
hello! thanks for the ideas, we will get on that asap! |
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February 23, 2011 | 3:43 PM |
Andrew Schwendemann
(Scientist/Mentor)
Neat idea super flying monkey ninjas! Which liquid do you think will work the best and why? Do have any ideas about how to measure plant growth? For example, you could use height, number of leaves, or something else that you could come up with. I'm excited to see what will happen with your plants! |
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February 23, 2011 | 2:44 PM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
maxxy/cole by the way maxxy is the same person as cole maxxy was just his user name and we dont know why they both showed up. sorry about the confusion! |
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February 23, 2011 | 2:26 PM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
project we are gathering our materials and we will have them in class tomorrow. -mirah :) |
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February 18, 2011 | 2:41 PM |
audrey123
(Team Member)
project would seeing how much plants grow when we water them with different liquids be a good expiriment? |
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February 18, 2011 | 2:23 PM |
blackhawk
(Team Member)
responce plant different seeds in the ground and then give them different types of liquid bye Jaybry |
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February 18, 2011 | 2:19 PM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
new ideas hi. we are starting to brainstorm some ideas for our project. we will notify you when have a solid plan. |
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February 18, 2011 | 2:16 PM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
wow! that is really cool! we haven't really talked about any ideas yet, but we will get started right away! do you have any ideas? |
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February 18, 2011 | 10:38 AM |
Andrew Schwendemann
(Scientist/Mentor)
Hello Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to working with you on your project. Do you have any ideas yet? I don't remember a specific event that got me interested in science. I think I've always been interested in how things worked and studying science is the best way to discover those answers. Right now I'm studying fossil plants that grew millions of years ago in Antarctica. |
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February 17, 2011 | 2:37 PM |
maxxy
(Team Member)
hi wats up |
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February 17, 2011 | 2:27 PM |
mirah31
(Team Member)
Hello! Hi! my name is Mirah. i am very excited to get started on this assignment. i hope i will learn a lot! thank you for volunteering your time to teach us about science! How did you get interested in science? |
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February 17, 2011 | 2:27 PM |
audrey123
(Team Member)
Hello! Hi my name is Audrey. I'm very excited to start working on this project. how did you get started working with science? Thank you so much for volunteering your time to work with us! we really appreciate it!! |
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February 17, 2011 | 2:24 PM |
maxxy
(Team Member)
hey what do you like to do well anyways can't wait to learn with you |
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February 17, 2011 | 2:23 PM |
blackhawk
(Team Member)
Hi hello my name is jaybry i am very excited to see you. |
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February 17, 2011 | 2:22 PM |
blackhawk
(Team Member)
Hi hello my name is Jaybry i cant what to meat you so see you |
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February 17, 2011 | 2:22 PM |
maxxy
(Team Member)
hey whats your tean number |
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February 17, 2011 | 2:20 PM |
maxxy
(Team Member)
hello nice boat |
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February 16, 2011 | 3:44 PM |
Dr. Claire Hemingway
Welcome! I am happy to welcome you to this community of plant researchers. Your team has the opportunity to be mentored by a scientist to help you develop and perform your own research project. The mentor's role is to encourage and guide you through the scientific process of discovery. The more you share your ideas and research information online, the more your mentor can help. Your scientist mentor for this project will be Mr. Andrew Schwendemann from University of Kansas. Please introduce yourself to get a conversation rolling. We're also eager to hear about your interests and any brainstorming ideas you might have about your germination experiments. These resources are available to help you get started: Thinking Like a Scientist / Working Like a Scientist Designing Experiments Guide to Using A Spreadsheet Best wishes as you start this scientific journey. We are all pleased to share this experience with you. Have fun! Sincerely, The PlantingScience team |
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