Christian


 * **Ideas**
 * a value or idea that interests:** Garden
 * a format for a product or performance:** See which fertilizer on plants makes them grow faster and bigger, to reduce world hunger
 * a possible project:** Grow plants in different areas of the school with different fertilizer and see which grows faster and bigger.
 * a possible mentor:** My Grampa
 * an audience:** The World

4431 Mt. Herbert Ave. San Diego, California 92117 November 12, 2010
 * **Resources (formatted on easybib.com)**
 * **Language of the Experts**
 * **Proposal**

Dear Senior Committee,

My senior project is going to be about science. I am going to be planting plants with different types of fertilizer and analyzing which ones grow larger and faster. This project will be about ending world hunger. If we are able to grow things faster we will have a bigger surplus of food.

I will be planting plants separately around the school in different lots with the same soil. Then I will fill the lots with different types of fertilizer, water and check the progress each day. My mentor is still undetermined. The audience will be the Science Fair. I will be taking pictures and making charts with the pictures to show the growth rate and the observations I make. This will help the community with their plants. For instance if someone is struggling to grow things this could help them out. This project will help me grow too since I like to plant things. I hope people we will be able to grow and help others around our community with this project.

Sincerely,

Christian Andrew Eyer

Anne: Contact the Science Fair Guidelines, and follow them. This will have to be done right away in order to get a result for the fair. I have located a mentor and materials for you. We will create a calendar this week if you agree (Dec. 6).

Mr Loessel: I agree with Anne you'll need to move on this project quickly. And it will be interesting to see in what fertilizer a plant will grow faster and bigger. I look forward to seeing the results.

[|**Timeline**] **Introduction, **a brief look at the background and goals of your research.  Finding out the fastest way to grow plants is good for people who are in need of food. Finding out plant growth will also help people who are interested in planting plants who think nurturing a plant takes a lot of time and weeks to grow. Knowing that plants can grow faster can bring communities closer to each other and to nature. The speed of plant growth is important because it can reduce or completely end the worlds hunger that is currently happening. To figure out what causes plants to grow faster, I will be testing organic fertilizer against chemical fertilizer.


 * Dec. 5 Works Cited** (at least two books, two database sources, two internet sources, one interview) Home gardens, soil, etc.

**December 16--January 25th Review of the Literature **(background research), this is your written report about the information you discovered when you researched your topic. 5-10 pages.

**Background Paper** Chemical vs. organic fertilizers; nitrogen in soil Hunger

Growing Food

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Which fertilizers produce more or better food for home gardens? How can San Diegans grow more food?  Why is the speed of plant growth important? How do we increase the speed in plant growth? What can plant growth do to help the world?
 * December 16 [|Essential Questions]** (at least three questions that evaluate, synthesize or analyze) will enable us to learn something about an idea that matters to us. There are no obvious right answers to essential questions.=====

**December 17--Statement of the Problem or Purpose, **the question you will answer about your project.

How can home gardeners improve food production to solve hunger problems?

**Dec. 17-- ** Hypothesis: S**oil amended with organic fertilizer produces smaller initial growth but better quality food in the end.**

**Dec. 17-- Lab data sheets **

Record plant growth, water, nitrogen readings for each sample three times a week.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">January 25--Findings **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, also known as the DATA that you collected, the responses, reactions and results you observed
 * January 7 Background Paper** Chemical vs. organic fertilizers; nitrogen in soil
 * January 13 Materials**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, everything you used for your experiment.
 * January 18** **--** **Procedures**, a step-by-step description of how you did your project

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">January 25--Conclusions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, how did your tests and experiments work out? Did your findings support or not support your hypotheses? Include a statement of what you thought of your results. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">January 25--Recommendations **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, your ideas on possible uses for your findings and any additional tests which should be made. Would you do this project again, or could you continue this project another year? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">February 1 Abstract, **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a brief, no more than 250 words, summary of the main points of your project, including your hypothesis, procedures, results and conclusion. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Acknowledgements, **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a place for you to give credit to those who helped you with advice or supplies. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Bibliography **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, an alphabetical list of at least 10 references used as you researched this project. (see page 12 of this packet) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Appendices **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, selected photos, graphs and your **Daily Log**. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Completed Notebook and Display, ready for school fair. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Iv

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