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Primary School - Grades K-3
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P=Project E=Experiment
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The western red lily and its adaptations for survival in its habitat.
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Find out how flowers drink water.
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Capillary Action of Water in Plants
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How Many Seeds Do Different Types of Fruit Produce?
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What is transpiration?
[P]
What side of a plant leaf takes in carbon dioxide? (what is stomata?)
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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Using Plants to Determine Direction
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Find out if plants really absorb water by osmotic pressure.
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Shoots: How do Mint Plants Branch to Form New Stems?
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Do Potatoes Regulate the Formation of New Roots?
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Can roots hold soil together? Will roots always grow towards water? Will roots always point down?
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At What Pressure Do Different Types of Nuts Crack?
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Separate the colors of a green leaf using chromatography
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Exploring the relationship (pollination) between Lesser Dawn Bats (Eonycteris spelaea) and durian fruit
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[P]
What is Transpiration?
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What insect makes a Venus fly trap grow the largest?
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Coastal Pines: Ability of Needles to Condense Moisture
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The Correlation between the Aging in a Banana and the Amount of Potassium It Contains
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Find out if size and mass affect the growth of a bean plant.
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Is green the only color in a leaf?
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Do plants lose water through their leaves?
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Can water travel through plant stems?
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How Does the Size of a Pumpkin Affect the Number of Seeds It Produces?
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Investigate The Venus Fly Trap - an incredible plant that eats insects and therefore it is carnivorous.
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Will Nepenthes (pitcher plant) extracts contain enzymes that digest insect proteins?
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Find the percent variation of water storage among different succulent species.
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Verify that an electrical potential is generated within the petioles when the Mimosa Pudica leaves are physically stimulated.
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Investigate whether the pigments in leaves that produced their autumn color are present while the leaves were still green.
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Investigate Photoperiodism in Plants
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Does Greater Leaf Diameter Increase Transpiration Rate of plants?
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1. Determine whether plants can survive in a simulated Martian-like environment.
2. Determine whether plants can change the atmosphere from carbon dioxide to oxygen.
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Find out how temperature affects a plant's ability to transport nutrients.
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Is green the only color in a leaf?
[P]
Can a plant grow from just the top of a carrot?
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Can I predict how many sections are in a citrus fruit?
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The effect of bean mass on plant height
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Compare the rate of dehydration between different fruits
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Does the size of a lemon affect the number of seeds it has?
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Are there differences in leaf pigments and starch content of healthy and dying leaves?
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How does a fruit's internal ethanol levels affect external rind stress?
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The effect of the number of stomata on a leaf's surface on the volume of water transpiration
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Can Venus flytrap learn?
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High School - Grades 10-12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Plant Species Capacity for Oxygen Production and Ability to Block out UV Radiation
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The Basalt Dependency of the Brodiaea santarosae
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How Do Plants Defend Themselves?
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The Effects of Temperature on the Xylem of Tomato Plants
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Determine whether the bioaccumulation of perchlorate and nitrate is more substantial in the outer leaves of a romaine lettuce when compared with the inner leaves.
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1. What happens to pigment as leaves change color with seasons? 2. Why are two leaves of the same tree different in color intensity? 3. Does the temperature of a refrigerator have an effect on a plants pigment composition? 4 and 5. Compared different, yet similarly colored parts of the plant to determine whether or not the coloring pigment was the same.
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Repeat Charles Darwin's experiments with orchids
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Predict whether self-pollination or cross-pollination with another plant with the same or different colored flowers will produce the most seeds.
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A taxonomic reassessment of the orders ectocarpales and scytosiphonales based on ribosomal small subunit DNA sequences
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Effects of Metabolites Produced by Cladosporium species on Bean and Lettuce Plants
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Does Bean Mass Affect Plant Height?
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Determine whether the growth rate of the plants will be affected negatively by an increase in transpiration rate due to high winds.
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Circadian rhythms in Russian giant sunflowers
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Will hyperbarics (pressure) effectively increase the development of the red kidney bean?
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Create a field guide of local plants
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Orchid Resources
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Botany Resources
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Biology Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Botany Science Fair Projects Books
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