Plant Growth Project Lab Report
Rough Draft
Your final draft of the Plant Growth Project Lab
Report will need to include the following items:
Title- The title should be in the form of “The effect
of ______(I.V.)______ on _____(D.V.)______.”
The title should be centered at the top of the page
and should be slightly bigger than the rest of the
text.
Question- The question should be in the form of
“Does ___(I.V.)___ have an effect on
__(D.V.)__?”
Research- This section should include a brief
paragraph about information related to answering
the question. You should use this information to
help develop your hypothesis. The information
should come from reliable sources and should be
appropriated cited (APA style) in this section.
Hypothesis- Using the information gained from
your research, form an educated guess as an
answer to
the question.
Your hypothesis should be in the form of “If the
___I.V.___ is changed in this way,
then the ____D.V.____ will change in this way.”
Example: If the amount of water given to a plant is
increased, then the plant height will increase.
Independent Variable (I.V.)- Identify the I.V. in
the experiment. This will be the variable that is
being tested and/or the one that you are changing
and manipulating.
Dependent Variable (D.V.)- Identify the D.V. in
the experiment. This will be the variable that you
are measuring or observing.
Constant – Identify and list the parts of the
experiment that you intend on keeping constant
or the same. There should be quite of few of
these.
Experimental Group- This is the group of trials
that are exposed to the independent variable.
This is the “non-normal” group.
ontrol Group- This is the group of trials that are
not exposed to the independent variable. This is
the“normal” group.
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Materials- Identify and make a list of all the
materials that you will need to complete the
experiment. Be sure to be specific and include
not only the items but also the quantities needed.
Procedure- Create a numbered list of the steps
required to accurately repeat the experiment. The
procedure should be detailed enough so that
a peer could complete an identical experiment.
Data- This section should include data tables and
appropriate graphs.
Conclusion- This section should include an
answer to your original question based on data
from this
experiment. This is not your opinion
and should not be based on what you think
should’ve or could’ve happened. Your answer
should reference your data. Also you should
answer all of the conclusion questions. We will
discuss more on the format of the conclusion
section a little bit later.
This is your bellwork...
You work for a company that supplies sunflowers to a local florist.
The florist wants the biggest, fastest growing sunflower plants
that you can provide in six weeks. Your job is to determine how
to grow big sunflowers plants fast. Think about some ways that
you may be able to grow plants big and fast. Your assignment
is to come up with three testable questions, that we could
test as a class.