im doing it about earthworms affecting plant growth. theyre two different small house plants that i dont even know the names of. both w/ purple flowers small green leaves. i kinda b.s.ed my project. i couldnt even find worms! so im faking the whole project! i have my intro, hypothesis, "plants will grow better with worms in its soil better than plants w/out " experimental procedure. (labeled pots , 4-5 worms in 1 , 0 in other, water every other day, measure once a week. record observations- for 5 weeks. I need the results and analysis, conclusions, application(whatever the hell that is) bibliography, akknowledgments. please help me!! my parents went out to dinner right now! and i have to get it mostly finished!
2007-02-24 15:06:06 · 4 answers · asked by Numan girl 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
oh yes and my mom knows that i dont have all of the supplies. Theres not many worms in hawaii, my teacher doesnt know where to find worms, and my mom expects me to make everything up and get an A
2007-02-24 17:15:06 · update #1
Part of why you go to school is to learn how to deal with stuff like this. Here's how a real scientist would deal with this situation. Please bear with me - I want to help you learn something very valuable. You chose to do an investigation that turned out not to be doable with your current setup -- you couldn't find worms. Right off, you should have talked with your teacher and changed your project, not waited until the last minute. This stuff happens in real life -- I've had problems with a project and had to change what I was doing. Rectifying your current situation is not about soliciting last minute b.s. or even real answers from the net. Here's how I believe you should proceed: I think your original hypothesis is valid, for several reasons. I would go to your teacher, tell him/her what your situation is, and request that you be granted additional time to do your experiment properly, with real worms and you obtaining your own real (not internet) data. You can order worms from scientific supply houses -- ask your teacher for addresses. Tell your teacher what you have learned from this -- things such as "I shouldn't have waited until the last minute", or "I started to solicit answers from the internet, but decided to be honest and ask for more time to do the project" or similar upstanding ideas. If your teacher is a good, understanding person that really wants you to learn, then he/she will go along with this and grant you more time. Sure, you may miss the science fair or something like that, but what you will have learned is a valuable life lesson and you will probably learn much about doing your project hands-on yourself rather than getting bailed out by someone on the net. I know what your should find, but I'd rather let you find out on your own. That's what scientific investigation is all about. What I've described above does happen in the real world, and I've gone through this scenario as a graduate student -- and my teacher did give me more time -- and I did have to work on the project on my own time over Christmas break. And, I still got an A. By trying the approach I describe, you will learn far more that just turning in a falsified project and getting a grade. Try it. I trust it will work for you.
2007-02-24 16:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well for results put the obvious... how many inches larger the one with earth worms had (bs it) then bibliography do random bulls#!t related to earthworms.. conclusion just go on about how the earthworms fertilize the soil or some crap or just do a lil research on why they make it better. Go on about nutrients and random crap lol. Hope it helps becuase i know EXACTLY how you feel except i had to do it overnight and due the next day. It was about plants to and was the perfect thing to lie about. It was ALL BS hahaha. O YEAAAAAAA... TRY to get a real photo of an earth worm cus they think you did the real thing. USE REAL PHOTOS. I took a pic of my bean plants and they bought it hahahahaha .Good luck!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-24 15:18:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can't get accurate analysis if you have nothing to analyze, and without analysis, you can't get results. Besides, faking an experiment is scholastic dishonesty, and I hope nobody posts answers for you.
2007-02-24 15:16:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sow what you reap...nothing.
2007-02-24 16:10:42 · answer #4 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋