| Experimental Design |
Our plan:
Pour 200 ml of water into three dishes
Put 1 dish in the microwave for 45 secs or until it reaches 90°F
Put 10 ice cubes in the second dish until it reaches 32°F
The third dish should be filled with 1 cup of tap water and let sit for 5 minutes.
Grab 3 pieces of paper towel
Soak all seeds in water for 30 sec
Grab 3 petri dishes
Place 1 paper towel in each dish
Put an even amount of seeds onto a paper towel.
Place under growth light
Let sit for 24 hours, repeat daily
The variables that we will be testing is hot water, cold water, and room temperature water to see which one germinates the fastest. We will observe the plants process in germination, and we will the measure the mm of the shoot, and the root. The variables that we will keep constant is the temperature of each water, the same amount of seeds (and the same type too), and water from the same source. We will record our data by everyday making a chart of our observations on how many seeds germinated, mm of root, and mm of shoot everyday to keep track of what happened. |