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.
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.
