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Dissection of a fish
16 Jan 2007

Dissection of a wasp hive
24 Nov 2006

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Does cooled microwaved water affect algae growth?
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Completed 30 May 2007

Does window film affect construction paper fading?
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Completed 25 May 2007

Does cooled microwaved water harm aquatic life?
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Completed 26 Apr 2007
Funding provided by a 2006 SELCO Mini-Grant

Does cooled microwaved water kill plants?
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Completed 17 Jun 2006
Plants Move in Response to Their Environment
Time-lapse photography captures movement
by Jared Graham

Starting date: 5 Jun 2006
Completion date: 15 Jun 2006

Cartoon plant resisting being watered.Reading that plants move in response to their environment is one thing, but seeing it happen is much more interesting.

The movie below was made by taking a picture of the plants every 10 minutes for 2 hours. It is a loop of 12 pictures, so when you see the leaves jump quickly back to where they started that is the beginning of the loop.

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Summary of experiment
A brief overview of the experiment.

Detailed experiment
A thorough examination of the procedures used to complete the experiment for those who want to scrutinize our methods.

Examining the original experiment
Photographs used as evidence from the original experiment.

Detailed observations
Contains just the Day 1 and Day 10 photographs of all 24 pairs of plants for comparison.

Data gallery
Students photographed the plants every day. This section contains all 240 photographs taken over the 10 day period.

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Plants move in response to their environmentMovie
Time-lapse photography video of plants moving.

Experiment threatened by weekend drought
Our plants experience a waterless weekend, but only three perish.

Thirsty plants' recovery captured on videoMovie
Time-lapse photography showing a pair of plants recovering from our weekend drought.