Why did we decide to do this projectbrWe decided to do this project for the future Millside community gardenbrOur goal was to find the most effective way to sprout seed to we can start growing are plantsbrThis way we hope that we will be able to apply what we learned to are garden in the fu ID: 776716
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Slide1
By Shauna Turner, Hannah Brown, Sophia Draper, Annica Howe, and Kayla Blight
Inquiry: Seed to sprout
Slide2Does lettuce sprout faster in water or soil?
What water content does lettuce seeds sprout faster in?
Does the temperature affect the speed of sprouting?
Does lettuce sprout faster in soil when assisted?
Slide3Does lettuce sprout faster in water or soil?
Hypotheses:
Shauna, Sophia, and Hannah
: If we sprout lettuce in water and in soil, then the plants in water will sprout faster
Annica and Kayla
:
If we sprout lettuce in water and in soil, then the plants in
soil will
sprout faster
Slide4conclusion
Hannah, Sophia and Shauna
: our conclusion for the main question is that we did find that the seeds in water sprouted faster in paper towels in plastic bags
They look to be growing faster than the ones in the soil
We also believe that we got more seeds to sprout in the water then the soil
We are not sure if it is because of the different seeds or because we kept them wet throughout the whole process.
Slide5What water content
does
lettuce
sprout the fastest in? (Hannah and Shauna)
Hypothesis: if we sprout lettuce seeds in tap water, fish (aquarium) water, and pond water , the seeds in pond water will sprout the fastest, because we believe that it has the most nutrients.
Slide6Conclusion for first attempt
The
fish water germinated
the fastest followed
by tap,
and
pond followed later.
We
believe that in the middle of the process they dried out. Then when we watered them again they began to grow
mold
We think this severely decreased the speed of
germination
of the seeds.
We
know now that if you are going to sprout seeds in a paper towel on a plate then you need to tend all the time so that they do not dry out
.
Slide7Does the temperature affect the speed of lettuce growing? (Sophia)
Hypothesis: If I sprout lettuce seeds in a cold temperature and in a warm temperature, then the lettuce seeds in a warm temperature will sprout faster
Slide8Conclusion for first attempt
Lettuce in soil with heat sprouted the fastest.
The
lettuce in water and paper towel both heat and no heat didn’t sprout, and neither did the lettuce in soil with no heat.
This
is what I expected, because heat is one of the main factors of plant growth.
The
reason that the lettuce seeds in water and paper towel didn’t sprout, is that they kept drying out
.
We would water them each day, but when we would get to school in the mornings, the paper towel would be dry
.
This caused some of the seeds to grow mold.
Slide9What water content does lettuce sprout the fastest in
?
Conclusion for second attempt
In conclusion
we have found that the problem
that
we thought was causing the mold and
which made
the plants stop growing was
correct. They did get to dry at one point which stopped the growth
W
hen
we redid our
experiment,
we found that when we put the paper towel in plastic bags they stayed damp and never got close to drying out like the paper towels on the plates
did
W
e
found that the seeds in the fish water grow the fastest we think this is
because of all of the
the rich nutrients that are
in the
fish water
.
I
n
our hypothesis we
thought
that the pond water would have the best water content of growing seeds
.
Now
we
believe
that the pond water we got has too much run off making it pollution overwhelming the nutrients that should have been there.
Slide10Does the temperature affect the speed of lettuce growing? Conclusion for second attempt
Like my first attempt, the lettuce seeds with heat sprouted first.
The difference this time though, was because we kept the seeds in plastic bags, they never dried out.
Not only did the seeds split this time, but they have now began to grow small green sprouts.
The Lettuce seeds in the cooler temperature also sprouted and began to grow, but they sprouted later, and they haven’t grown as large as the seeds in heat.
Slide11Why did we decide to do this project?
We decided to do this project for the future
M
illside
community garden.
Our goal was to find the most effective way to sprout seed to we can start growing are plants.
This way we hope that we will be able to apply what we learned to are garden in the future so we can have a more successful harvest