Plant Growth and Soil Composition 2015
by: Sherman - Robinson (almost 9 years ago)



Project #993

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Description

OVERVIEW

Students have been learning about soil and what types of soils are most beneficial to plants. They then created their own "perfect" soil to grow plants using potting soil, humus, sand, litter and an earthworm, The seeds used were lima beans, that had been germinating for one week prior to being placed in the soil. The purpose of this experiment is to see which soil composition will grow the tallest bean plant.

PROCEDURE

Students will measure the height (cm) of their bean plant every Friday and record their data.

Fields
Name Units Type
Plant Height
cm
Number
Most Humus
percent
Number
Most Sand
percent
Number
Most Soil
percent
Number
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Plant Growth and Soil Composition 2015

Project #993 on iSENSEProject.org


Description

OVERVIEW

Students have been learning about soil and what types of soils are most beneficial to plants. They then created their own "perfect" soil to grow plants using potting soil, humus, sand, litter and an earthworm, The seeds used were lima beans, that had been germinating for one week prior to being placed in the soil. The purpose of this experiment is to see which soil composition will grow the tallest bean plant.

PROCEDURE

Students will measure the height (cm) of their bean plant every Friday and record their data.


Fields
Name Units Type of Data
Plant Height
cm
Number
Most Humus
percent
Number
Most Sand
percent
Number
Most Soil
percent
Number
Text
Text

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Plant Height Most Humus Most Sand Most Soil Text