Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Update on Sunflower

sunflower.jpgAfter watering the seed with too much water, I believe that I murdered my plant. It sadly died I believe two days after being born due to over excessive drowning. But I am going to make another plant and rely on the sun and not too much water in order for it to grow.
Hopefully my plant will look like the picture above, but that would never happen :) 
Some facts about the sunflower:



Common Name:
Common Sunflower
Scientific Name:
Helianthus annuus
Awards:
State Flower of Kansas - 1903
Kansas Wildflower of the Year - 2000

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Day 1: Sunflower



So right when I got my plant, I took it back to my room where I placed it in my window facing the sunlight. I put a few drops of water in it. The next day I gave it some more water. I think i drowned my plant, and I'm not sure if its going to grow. oops.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning



Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning
-Approaches that can be used to develop new theories in science or even smaller tasks.

*Using deductive reasoning requires you to begin with a general statement and become more specific as you sort through reasoned statements. You begin with one single idea and run tests and theories and you always come out with a conclusion, in which is never always right.

Example: 
There is only one person in the house who eats cereal and its all been eaten. Jane eats cereal. So therefore Jane ate all the cereal.

*Using inductive reasoning on the occasion that someone wants to figure out a series of observations. Using the observations that the person detects, the person tries to come up with reasons to disprove their theory. 

Example: 
Every life form we know of depends on liquid water to exist; All life depends on liquid water to exist.