Spider Plant Project

Oh groan.  It's time once again for Science Fair Projects.  This year there was a change in the procedures and my daughter had to apply to have her experiment idea approved before beginning.

Her original thought was to try to prove that breakfast IS good for us.  She wanted family members to take a test after eating breakfast.  Then on a different day, take a test first but then eat breakfast right after the test.  Seemed pretty fine to me.

But the all powerful committee didn't think so!  They declined this experiment on the basis that it could be harmful to the subjects.  Harumph!?! Are you kidding me?  With a Science Committee like this, pretty soon there won't BE a Science Fair!!! 

So the second idea was an idea to test whether baby spider plants would grow better in water, ginger-ale or lemon juice.  This apparently is okay with the committee...never mind that we might actually kill the baby spider plants!!! 

So here's a couple pictures of the first day.  The roots in the water are looking pretty good now (on day 9) and the plant in the gingerale hasn't changed too much but has grown no roots, and the plant in the lemon juice is slowly rotting!  Joy oh joy of Science Fairs!