Seed Germination Lab

The Procedure:  Set up a petri dish with a paper towel, 5 radish seeds, and your assigned treatment  The treatments we’ll use:  Saltwater  Light  Oxygen  temperature

2 groups will test each one  Presence or absence of light  Saltwater or tap water  Oxygen or NO oxygen  Room temperature or cold temperature

Before beginning work:  Teams need to complete the EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN GUIDE before being approved to work.

The Setup:  Fold a paper towel into 1/4ths  Place in petri dish with your name and table number on top  Moisten it with 10mL of the assigned treatment (water or saltwater)  Place 5 seeds in the fold  Close petri dish and take to designated location

Let’s SPIN to see who does what….