Budding plant scientists

Over the past week, the students have been setting up a number if experiments to test whether some of the different things they think plants need to survive are needed by plants. One experiment is examining whether plants need light - to test this, pea seeds were planted, with some being placed under grow bulbs, and others being kept in a dark closet. Another experiment is looking at the effect of different amounts of water on seed germination - to test this, pea seeds were placed in cups, and got either no water, a little bit of water, or a lot of water. The third experiment is looking at the effect of fertilizer on plant growth - to test this, pea seeds were planted in cups, and are being cared for using either only distilled water, distilled water with the recommended amount of fertilizer, or distilled water with a much higher than recommended amount of fertilizer. While the third experiment was being set up this morning, the students took turns looking at seed sample of different Canadian crops. Here are some photos of their hard work and investigating: