Science Experiment - Day Six + Earth Day!

Nothing grew still. It is so boring. Anyway happy Earth Day! The day we take care of our planet yay! So what are you doing for earth day? Saving water, saving electricity, not littering, or all of those and more? Did you know the first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970? I sure didn't know that. Here are some tips for you to keep the earth healthy!

1. Plant lots of trees, flowers, and other plants as well to keep the Earth green!
2. Save water. After you are done using the sink, hose, or other things, turn the water off.
3. Save electricity. Turn off all tvs, computers, and lights if not in use.
4. Do not litter or pollute. Pick up garbage or recycle items so the earth won't be buryed in waste.
5. Instead of using paper or plastic bags when carrying items from the store, use a reusable bag.

That is all for today. Good bye and happy Earth day!

Science Experiment - Day Five

Guess what happened today? Nothing still BUT I did find something interesting on the plants that have been watered by milk.

On my previous blog, I mention that milk spoils and do you know what happened? There is now these fuzzy white hyphae (mold) on top of the soil. What was even weirder is that when I poured milk on it today (I watered the plants today) is that the milk stays on top of the mold and not completely soaked into the dirt. The only one thing I am worried about is that the mold doesn't spread to every plant in the tray or else the whole experiment will be ruined and so will my project.

Well that is all the stuff that has happen and since tomorrow is the day when the plants might sprout, that might happen and then I will have more to talk about. My prediction on the milk soaked seeds is that they will not grow or grow well so good bye for now. Also, I will have the pictures of the hyphae on the dirt in the pics page as soon as possible.

Science Experiment - Day Four

Guess what!? The most exciting thing happened with my plants today! It is.......nothing. Nope, not even a sprout yet.

Well here are some things I found out today. One is that this whole blog here won't count because it can't be in the science fair. Even if it could, I highly doubt that people will take care of it well. But I will have some important pages and research on my tri-fold so yeah. Another thing that a friend of mine mention and I completely forgot about it is that milk spoils. Which would mean that my plants might smell........Thank god I put a lid on so the room doesn't stink.

Well, that is all I am going to say for today and hopefully some will sprout so I won't have to tell you this boring word again "nothing." Have a nice day and I will blog tomorrow bye!

Science Experiment - Day Three

Nothing has grown...........still. Which is a bit (actually a lot) boring. By the way, I forgot to mention in day one before you put the dirt in, you cut a hole on the bottom of the cup to let the liquid drain out so the seed doesn't rot. Another thing I found out is that beans take about 6-10 days to germinate so maybe we will see a sprout by then. And that is pretty much all I have to say for today so bye!

The Scoop on Fish Waste

Since today there really wasn't much to report on the growth of my plants (they didn't sprout at all), I decided to do some research. I knew that most of the liquids I was using have their ingredients written on the side of the container -- all, except the aquarium water which is basically water and fish waste. After some research into the exciting topic of fish waste, I discovered that scientists are actually studying this stuff!

I found an article entitled, "Mud made of fish poop" that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The scientists concluded that "Fish are constantly drinking and filtering seawater, converting minerals such as calcium and magnesium into carbonates and excreting them as mucus-bound fecal pellets." This poop provides food for other organisms.

A second article was called "Aquaponics: Fish poop makes for good vegetables". In this very short article they provide a quote: "The vegetables and the fish work together in a sustainable loop. The fish waste provides fertilizer which is made accessible to the plants via bacteria that convert the ammonia to nitrates, which feed the plants."

Having read these two sources, I concluded that fish poop is good fertilizer that can help plants grow. So, I am optimistic that my aquarium-watered plants will do well. Three cheers for poop!

Experiment: Day Two

Nothing has grown yet. I asked my teacher today if I could do a blog for my project... but, my teacher said I had to do a tri-fold poster anyway. The video below expresses my feelings on this subject:

Experiment: Day One

I started the day by trying to figure out what to do first. I knew that I needed cups and something to hold them, so I first grabbed a bunch of styrofoam cups and a tray. How many cups did I need? Well, I had eight liquids in mind, and I wanted to have at least three beans per liquid (just in case some of them were defective)... so altogether I had twenty-four cups and (lucky me) they fit into the tray.

You might be wondering what kind of beans I decided to use. While Jack's Magic Beans would have been great, I settled for Bush Beans because we had some at home.

As for the dirt, I'm told that nothing is better than Miracle Gro, and as my baby beans deserve nothing but the best, I decided to make them as happy as possible.





Then I created some labels and labeled all the cups.



Next I added two inches of dirt to each cup and put those cups into a tray. After that I put a bean seed into each cup. When that was done, I put another inch of dirt in on top of each bean.



Then I poured the different liquids into their labeled cups (there were three cups for every different liquid). Finally I put the cover on top of the tray and that's all there is today.