Pesticides

Team 1

The group’s hypothesis

If we apply pesticide to basil plants and active yeast, the yeast will die before the plant sand have worse effects than the basil plants, because pesticides attack the nervous system of animal cells and claim not to harm plants.

Skills and/or techniques that they used to complete their lab.

• How to use a microscope

• How to collect animal and plant cells 

• Activate the yeast in order to apply the pesticide

The results of the lab

trend downward in height more in pesticides 2 and 3

What would the group do differently

• more control groups

Team 2

The group’s hypothesis

If organic and inorganic samples of ground chuck and apple are exposed to the same pesticides, then the organic food's cellular structure will be more damaged by the pesticides than the non organic foods, because non organic food has been altered to resist pesticides.

Skills and/or techniques that they used to complete their lab.

• Using agar plates

• Using microscopes

• Gloves

• Face Masks

The results of the lab

The organic meat and apples seemed to be more affected than the conventional meat and apples.

What would the group do differently

• more control groups
• a more controlled environment
• checking the dishes daily

Questions and/or comments about the group’s lab.

What did they see under the microscope?