Biology, 11/07, Period 3

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Elliot looked like she was rather glad she wouldn't have to do a lot of talking this class period.

"Midterm projects," she said simply. "I hope you all enjoyed your breaks more than I did mine, and spent tons and tons of time on this so I won't have to give you a bad grade."

She gestured to a bin on her desk. "Your choices are to either just turn in the paper about your experiment's design or, for extra credit, spend this class period working on doing the experiment. (I know some of them won't fit into the hour, but you can assemble supplies or whatever.) Remember, if you want these are for the science fair in December."

"Next week, we're studying the biosphere."

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Re: Turn in your experiment, Bio, 11/07

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Hypothesis: Testing the effects of microwave radiation and exposure to magic on orchids grown in soil, air, and rock surfaces. It is believed that the widest variation and range of adaptation will occur in orchids grown in air, and exposed to both radiation and magic.

Method: Fifteen Cymbidium White Magic (http://www.orchids.mu/Species/Cymbidium/index.html) orchids will be transplanted to rock, soil, and air mediums, with a control kept separate and unexposed to either magical sources or microwave radiation. The seeds of the rest will be exposed to varying levels of microwave radiation before planting, with some of those also exposed to either direct spells (to change color, shape, or scent) or simply in the vicinity of magic done by various magicians of the student population. Adaptations and changes from the original stock will be noted and compared to the control.

[Parker included a feeding, watering, and planting schedule, as well as notes on the kinds of magic and lengths of radiation exposure she planned on exposing the orchids to. The plants were to either be grown in her suite, or on the roof, depending on whether or not she obtained permission from the school.]