Zenia+Growth+in+Worm+Compost+(4th+Quarter+2010+-+2011)

=Title: Jeyi (5/22/11)=

The Growth of //__Zinnia Elegans__//
=Purpose: Noah (6/911)=

We are doing this lab to see in what percent of worm compost will the Zenia grow best.
=Hypothesis: Noah (6/9/11)=

Independant Variable:
How healthy the seeds are when u plant them.

How much water we give them. The amount of sunlight, and the amount of soil and worm compost.
=Procedures: Nathan (5/26/11)=
 * First, we took the plant holders and measured how tall they were. They were 4 inches tall, and we then decided how much soil and compost to put in each holder. We had four different mixtures of compost and soil: 0% compost, 15% compost, 25% compost ,and 50% compost. For the 0% we had 4 inches of soil, and 0 inches of compost. For the 15% we put 3.5 inches of soil, and .5 inches o compost. For the 25% we put 3 inches of soil, and 1 inch of compost. For the 50% we put 2 inches of soil, and 2 inches of compost. After we had measured out the soil we dumped it into a beaker and mixed the soil and compost together, and then put some water in so that the soil was moist, not dry, and not overly wet. We then filled up the holder halfway with the soil. After that we planted three seeds in each holder, then put the rest of the soil on top. We packed the dirt down, not tight, but so that the soil was not loose in the holder. We then put each of the holders in one big bin, and set that by the window. We make sure that there is always about one to two millileters of water in the bottom of the bin. Every couple of days we turn the bin around to make sure that all of the plants are getting the same of sunlight. We check the plants every day and record their height and number of leaves in our science journal.**

=Graph: (Nick 5/28/11):=

=Materials:Eunice (5/30/11)=

Graph Height:kyle ( 6/1/11)
=Graph: (Jeyi 6/14/11)=