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The question I choose to investigate was if hits needed soil to grow and if a bonce which was strong in water will grow faster than one that was not.The first step was to soak several dry beans in water overnight. lay out four soaked beans on a wet piece of radical toweling and four dry beans on a piece of wet paper toweling. Then I labeled two plastic cups with the start date and soaked or dry, and put the toweling and beans in the appropriate cup and lay them on the windowsill. Everyday I checked the moisture level of the toweling and added water if needed. In the middle of the second week I noticed do work forming on three of my dry beans. I choose to discard of those beans. By the beginning of the third week someone suggested delivering the beans in an open Ziploc hairgrip to keep moisture on the toweling so I switched. At the end of my inquiry I saw that neither the soaked nor the dry beans had great growth and I couldnt understand why. Below I have charted my observa tions and then gave possible explanations as to why this did not work properly.Observationshebdomad 1July 08, 2004 Start project. Leave beans in cups on windowsill.July 10, 2004 No change.July 12, 2004 Start to see sprouts come out of 2 beans in soaked cup.July 14, 2004 No ChangeWeek 2July 16, 2004 Mold is starting to form on 2 beans in the dry cup. 3 beans in the soaked cup have sprouted. 1 bean in the dry cup has sprouted.July 18, 2004 Mold is on 3 beans in the dry cup.July 20, 2004 Threw out 3 molded beans. Sprouts and roots are seen in the soaked cup.Week 3July 22, 2004 Changed from a cup to Ziploc bags. Changed paper toweling.July 24, 2004 The bean from the dry cup has noticeable roots and a sproutJuly 26, 2004 The roots in twain bags are attaching themselves to the paper toweling.My ResearchWhile researching this experiment I realized that I did several things wrong. First, the beans should have initially gone into a plastic bag, this would keep in the moisture, helping the p aper toweling to keep the water. Second, the beans should have been placed side by side and laid flat.