Method

List of apparatus

• 6 beans
• 6 plastic cups
• soil
• sugar
• salt
• water
• 10ml syringe
• ruler
• camera

Method

1. Soak the beans for two days in plain water to soften their shells.
2. Once softened, remove from water and put in damp kitchen roll and make sure they are covered
3. Distribute soil equally between all 6 cups.
4. Once germinated, plant one bean in each cup.
5. To make the salt and sugar water: mix 5 teaspoons of salt or sugar with 150mls of boiling water. Leave water to cool before watering plants.
6. The first time beans are watered, water 2 beans with 20mls sugar water, 2 beans with 20mls salt water and 2 beans with 20mls normal water.
7. From then on, water each bean with 10mls of the desired solution every 3 days.
8. Observe the growth of the beans, make notes and take pictures of siginificant progress periodically.
9. Each week, measure the beans that have sprouted in order to produce quantitative data.