Experiment 1

Activity Code : 6/1/1.2/2

What do I want ?
To understand the factors and
effects of competition among
plants

What do I need ?
(Apparatus/Materials)
Green beans, cotton, two petri
dish of the same size
What do I do ?

1.Fill the same amount of dry cotton

into two petri dish and label them
as A and B.
2.Put a green beans in dish A.
3.Put 10 green beans in dish B.
4.Pour 10 ml of water on the dry
cotton in both dishes.
5.Repeat step 4 twice a day.
6.Observe how the young plants
have grown after one week.
7.Record your observation.
What do I Find ?
1. Write down your observation.

Plate How the young plants have

grown
A
B

2. State two reasons to explain your

observation.
i. ___________________________
ii. ___________________________

3. In the experiment, state ……………

i. What is changed,
____________________________
 ii. What is kept the same ?
____________________________
iii. What is observed ?
____________________________

4. (a) In which pot does competition

occur ? Why ?
___________________________
___________________________

(b) What is the factors that the young

plants compete for in this
experiment ?
i. _______________________
ii. _______________________
iii._______________________
5. What do I conclude ?

______________________________
______________________________

Pupil’s Achievement
Aspect SPS 1 SPS 4 SPS 7 SMS 2

Criteria C1 C3 C1 C2 C4 C2 C6 C3

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