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What do plants need?

WaterSunlight

Proper SoilCO2

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Your Job?Devise an experiment to test one change to a plant’s environment.Share your findings with the class.Enjoy the process!!

Boring StuffRubric will be provided for your lab report and presentationYou will be graded on the process AND the results you come up with

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Ideas!

How does pH affect the leaves of your plant?How does temperature affect your plant?How does the amount of light affect your plant?

Remember: you are doing short term experiments on your plants using primarily QUALITATIVE observations

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