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Materials/Procedures

Control: Our control group is Brussels Sprouts that are not covered in flex seal and are grown with standard water
Variable: We have multiple variables,  
Justification of hypothesis: Flex Seal can be used for other variables of life such as fish (Koi Ponds), and we wanted to see if that would carry over to plants.
Why did you choose this as your hypothesis?
We wanted to see the absolute limit of a seeds possible growth under the certain conditions we thought to put the seed in.
Procedure:

Materials: 16oz Flex seal, 16oz Monster energy drink, 4 paper towels, brussels sprout seeds, four plastic bags, Water, Red cups, Screwdriver, tweezer, syringe.
Steps: 1. Gather items
2. Open the flex seal with screwdriver.
3.Stir the flex seal with monster energy in red cup with a pencil.
4. Dip some seeds in monster flex concoction with tweezer.
5. Apply 10ml monster flex to the paper towel in the bags with the syringe.
6. Wait for results.





Data and Results:
Control: 2.45 inches high
Flex Seal: 2.3 inches high
Monster Flex: N/A




Conclusions: Through our research, we found that using Monster Energy as a nutritional substitute for water is not a viable option. The Monster Energy drink would kill any plant it was used to water. To our surprise, while we were testing this we found that seeds that were embedded in Flex Seal and watered using water actually survived and grew at a semi-normal rate.














Seed germination K-W-L
What do you know about seed germination?
We know that in the process of seed germination, the seed starts to develop from a small seedling into a full grown plant. This is most commonly done when the seedling sprouts and starts its life.



What do you want to know about seed germination?
We’d like to know how long the process of seed germination takes, and what outside variables have on this process. We want to see if we can lengthen or decrease the amount of time that it takes.



What did you learn about seed germination?

During the conduction of our lab experiment, we saw that we could encase a seedling inside of Flex Seal and that it would act as a protective layer; The seed actually grew through this layer and was able to proceed germinating in a normal way. We also saw that the mixture of Flex Seal and Monster Energy Drink as a source of nutrients will kill the seed.

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