Author: WCPSS

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A Spicy Little Radish.
Sow a Question… Watch a Radish Grow!

Plant Your Question, Sprout Your Hypothesis, Describe Your Growing Exploration
What will happen if...
I think what will happen is...
What steps will I take to find out? / Research radishes and radish cultivation / Determine the materials needed. / Design a garden / Sow the seeds / Cultivate the garden / Record data and observations / Harvest the crop / Take a picture of my garden or harvest with me. / Record results / Make suggestions for further garden plantings. / Use the radishes for fermentation, pickling, and another recipe.

Describe Your Growing Exploration

Seed Name	Common: / Latin (Botanical): / Cultivar:
Description of Plant
Benefits of Crop
Sowing Depth
Row Spacing
Sowing Instructions / Soil Type / Moistness of Soil / Drills / Number of Seeds Per Hole
Growing Instructions / Thinning / Watering / Fertilizer
Description of growing conditions needed (sun, temperature, season)
Description of plot (site)
Materials used
Harvesting

Your Garden Plot Design

Scale

Record Your Fruitful Observations: Sowing and Germination

Date of Seeds Sown:	Estimated Number of Seed Sown:
Date of Germination:	Number of Seedlings Germinated:
Germination rate= % of seeds germinated	Your germination rate:

Your Growing Ideas: Write down questions, ideas, amazement, wonders, etc!

Date:	Wonder:
Date:	Wonder:
Date:	Wonder:
Date:	Wonder

Record Your Fruitful Observations: Problems that I can note in my plot.

Date	Description of Problem	Identification	Treatment or Solution

Record Fruitful Observations: Something I See or notice (use your senses: taste, touch, smell, listen).

Date:	Something I See...
Date:	Something I See...
Date:	Something I See...
Date:	Something I See...
Date:	Something I See...

Record Your Fruitful Observations: Harvest Your Findings

Date Harvested:	How Many: / Total pounds harvested:	Average size: / Total pounds harvested by group or class:

Cultivate Your New Ideas
What could have affected my harvest?
What did you learn from your garden?
If I tried again I would...

Evidence
A Photograph of Your Radishes and You

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