What conditions could we change to investigate the growth of a plant?

In this lesson we are going to learn about what plants need to grow. Then we will learn about variables in order to set up a simple experiment to test the effect of water on the growth of a plant.

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Lesson summary: What conditions could we change to investigate the growth of a plant?

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