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Dani is typing for whole team.
Our team thinks that we want to answer the question-Will the low and high nutrients levels affect the rate of growth?
Is this an appropriate investigation question? We want to see if the levels will affect how fast a plant gets it's height.
The data we collected for today, day 5, is that we have 5 plants for the low planter and then in the high planter we had 6 but one of them was growing on top of the other one so we clipped it.
Data: Plant # Nutrient level Leaf color Stem color
1. high green purple
2. high green purple
3. high green purple
4. high green purple
5. high green purple
Data: Plant # Nutrient level Leaf color Stem color
1. low green purple
2. low green purple
3. low green green
4. low yellow purple
5. low green purple
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This is an excellent post that neatly shares the early project findings between team and mentor. It's very easy for students to ask how to make tables, what to record, etc. and then never share with mentors. This is great for engagement as mentors can comment and potentially help guide students through data interpretation!
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