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    The document describes an experiment to investigate how competition for resources like space affects plant growth. Onion sets are planted in different densities in pots and their growth is measured over 4 weeks. The results are recorded and analyzed to determine which pot allowed for the best growth and how many onion sets the farmer should plant in each pot.

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    The document describes an experiment to investigate how competition for resources like space affects plant growth. Onion sets are planted in different densities in pots and their growth is measured over 4 weeks. The results are recorded and analyzed to determine which pot allowed for the best growth and how many onion sets the farmer should plant in each pot.

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    The document describes an experiment to investigate how competition for resources like space affects plant growth. Onion sets are planted in different densities in pots and their growth is measured over 4 weeks. The results are recorded and analyzed to determine which pot allowed for the best growth and how many onion sets the farmer should plant in each pot.

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    Room For Growth

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    The document describes an experiment to investigate how competition for resources like space affects plant growth. Onion sets are planted in different densities in pots and their growth is measured over 4 weeks. The results are recorded and analyzed to determine which pot allowed for the best growth and how many onion sets the farmer should plant in each pot.

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    National Curriculum Statutory Requirements

    Room for growth 3A2 - explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow)
    and how they vary from plant to plant; LKS2W2 - setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests;
    LKS2W3 - making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using
    Outstanding Science Year 3 - Plants - OS3A003 standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers; LKS2W5 - recording findings
    using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables

    Learning Objective Method


    I can investigate how competition for resources Fill the containers with compost. Make sure that there is the
    affects plant growth. same amount in each plant pot.
    Place the onion sets in the plant pot as shown (see fig. 1).
    The onion sets will have different amounts of space in each
    Me: Teacher:
    plant pot. Make sure that you put the onion sets in the right
    Real-life scenario way up.
    Colin the farmer has a problem. He
    wants to grow onions in a container. Figure 1: How to set up the experiment

    He needs to grow as many onions as


    he can in the space available, so he
    can sell them and make money.

    However, he’s not sure how much


    Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D
    space they need to grow well. 1 onion set 4 onion sets 9 onion sets 16 onion sets

    Scientific question
    How does the amount of space available affect the growth of
    onion sets over a 4-week period? Place your plant pots outside. Make sure that you place them
    You will need: together so that they receive the same amount of sunlight
     4 square plant pots (about 10cm x 10cm) and rain.
     Compost Decide how much water you are going to add to each plant
     30 onion sets pot and how often (e.g. 100ml every day). Use the measuring
     A sunny outdoor place to put your plant pots jug and plant pot to do this.
     A measuring jug At the start of the experiment, and every week for the next
     A watering can 4 weeks, measure the height of the tallest plant and draw
     A ruler what you observe.

    © Minerva Education 2023 | OS3A003 - Room for growth p1 | www.outstandingscience.co.uk


    Plant pot A - 1 onion set Plant pot A after 1 week Plant pot A after 2 weeks

    What do you think will happen? Sketch Sketch

    Why?

    Height of plant: cm Height of plant: cm

    Plant pot A after 3 weeks Plant pot A after 4 weeks Conclusions

    Sketch Sketch Did this plant grow well?

    Why?

    Height of plant: cm Height of plant: cm

    © Minerva Education 2023 | OS3A003 - Room for growth p2 | www.outstandingscience.co.uk


    Plant pot B - 4 onion sets Plant pot B after 1 week Plant pot B after 2 weeks

    What do you think will happen? Sketch Sketch

    Why?

    Height of tallest plant: cm Height of tallest plant: cm

    Plant pot B after 3 weeks Plant pot B after 4 weeks Conclusions

    Sketch Sketch Did these plants grow well?

    Why?

    Height of tallest plant: cm Height of tallest plant: cm

    © Minerva Education 2023 | OS3A003 - Room for growth p3| www.outstandingscience.co.uk


    Plant pot C - 9 onion sets Plant pot C after 1 week Plant pot C after 2 weeks

    What do you think will happen? Sketch Sketch

    Why?

    Height of tallest plant: cm Height of tallest plant: cm

    Plant pot C after 3 weeks Plant pot C after 4 weeks Conclusions

    Sketch Sketch Did these plants grow well?

    Why?

    Height of tallest plant: cm Height of tallest plant: cm

    © Minerva Education 2023 | OS3A003 - Room for growth p4 | www.outstandingscience.co.uk


    Plant pot D - 16 onion sets Plant pot D after 1 week Plant pot D after 2 weeks

    What do you think will happen? Sketch Sketch

    Why?

    Height of tallest plant: cm Height of tallest plant: cm

    Plant pot D after 3 weeks Plant pot D after 4 weeks Conclusions

    Sketch Sketch Did these plants grow well?

    Why?

    Height of tallest plant: cm Height of tallest plant: cm

    © Minerva Education 2023 | OS3A003 - Room for growth p5 | www.outstandingscience.co.uk


    The line graph Results
    Line graphs are useful to show changes over time. Put your In which pot did the plants grow the best? Why do you think
    own scale on the y axis of the graph. Do you have enough this is?
    room to count in 1s? Look at your results for Pot A after 1
    week. Place a small cross on the graph at the correct point. Using our results to answer the question
    Repeat for weeks 2-4. Join the crosses with straight red lines. How many onion sets should Colin the farmer plant in each
    Repeat for the other pots using the correct colours. pot? Why?

    Line graph showing the heights of the tallest plants in 4 different containers over the course of 4 weeks
    Height of tallest plant (cm)

    0 1 2 3 4
    Pot A (1 plant) Pot C (9 plants)
    Time (weeks) Pot B (4 plants) Pot D (16 plants)

    © Minerva Education 2023 | OS3A003 - Room for growth p6 | www.outstandingscience.co.uk

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