Winter Gardening
In Indiana all of our fresh produce is shipped from states that are much warmer. Produce is picked, put on a truck, travels 4-8 days to make it to your supermarket shelf. This really isn’t that fresh.
Problem: Obtaining fresh produce as soon as it is ready to be picked all year long.
You will have to research these topics: when researching you will need to prove that your sources are reliable sources. You will use a google form for this.
- Hydroponics
- Type of plant your team chooses. ( How many varieties are there? Can they grow in different climates? Do some grow faster than others? Do some produce more than others?)
- Minerals and other needs to grow your plant.
- How to build a hydroponic garden using two liter bottles
Process: Your team of 4 has to design a way to have a hydroponic, self-watering garden that will yield produce for the class to eat, using 2 liter bottles.
*You will use Google slides . Your team needs to name your project. *This will be on your first slide. The name must be related in some way to the project.
*All research, pictures, and data will be on the shared google slides.
*All research must be put through the reliable questions form.
*All research must be cited.
Each slide you work on must have your name on it.
Day 1-- Decide on your team, choose project name, choose what topic you will each research, and begin research. All research will be recorded on Google slides.
1st slide project name and all people in project
2nd slide should be the vegetables you chose and a picture of them.
Day 2-- Your team will continue to research and begin the design process of your hydroponic garden.
Day 3-- Have all your materials at school and begin building.
Day 4 -- Test to see if the garden in self watering. Plant your seeds
Day 5-- take any pictures and put finishing touches on garden. Cover seed with saran wrap to help with germination.
Day 8-12-- remove saran wrap and place under grow light or in window sill.
Day 10-- measure plant growth and explain what is happening in the your plant at this time.
Day 17-- measure and write observations of what is happening in your plant.
Each week keep track of the process of the plant growth, when it produces vegetables and what they look like.
A graph must be included to show some type increase or decrease in the project. (plant growth, water usage, weight of plant)
At the end of the project the Google slides is due.
Excellent 20 | Good 18 | Fair 15 | Poor 10 |
Google slides are completely filled out and show the entire process of the project, good research | Google slides show most of the project, Good research | Google slides show some of the project, fair research | Can not tell what really happened in the project from the slides, poor research |
Pictures show every part of the projects process | Pictures show some of the projects process | A few pictures with in the project | Not many pictures |
Worked well as a group | Worked but not always as a group | Did some work but not as a group | Some did not work as a group |
Built and found ways to improve the design | Built and found some improvement ideas | Built and did not improve the design | Did not have a good design to start with. |
Brought all materials for project | Brought ¾ of the materials for project | Brought less than ½ of the materials for the project | Brought no materials for the project. |
Standards:
7.LS.1 Investigate and observe cells in living organisms and collect evidence showing that living things are made of cells. Compare and provide examples of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Identify the characteristics of living things.
7.LS.2 Create a model to show how the cells in multicellular organisms repeatedly divide to make more cells for growth and repair as a result of mitosis. Explain how mitosis is related to cancer.
7.LS.3 Explain how cells develop through differentiation into specialized tissues and organs in multicellular organisms.
7.LS.5 Compare and contrast the form and function of the organelles found in plant and animal cells
6-8.LST.7.2: Gather relevant information from multiple sources, using search terms effectively; annotate sources; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation (e.g., APA or CSE).
6-8.LST.6.2: Use technology to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.
6-8.LST.4.1: Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table)
6-8.LST.1.1: Read and comprehend science and technical texts within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 6-8 independently and proficiently by the end of grade 8
6-8.E.1 Identify the criteria and constraints of a design to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.