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The question I choose to investigate was if beans required soil to grow and if a bean which was pervadeed in wet will grow faster than one that was not.The first step was to soak several alter beans in water overnight. Put quartet starchy beans on a wet piece of paper wipe and four juiceless beans on a piece of wet paper toweling. indeed I labeled two plastic cups with the start date and slicked or dry, and put the toweling and beans in the appropriate cup and located them on the windowsill. Everyday I checked the moisture level of the toweling and added water if needed. In the middle of the second week I observe mold forming on three of my dry beans. I choose to jactitate of those beans. By the beginning of the third week someone suggested reserveing the beans in an open Ziploc bag to keep moisture on the toweling so I switched. At the end of my inquiry I saw that incomplete the unfaltering nor the dry beans had extensive growth and I couldnt construe why. Below I have charted my observations and then gave possible explanations as to why this did not work properly.ObservationsWeek 1July 08, 2004 Start project. Leave beans in cups on windowsill.July 10, 2004 No change.July 12, 2004 Start to see sprouts come out of 2 beans in soaked cup.July 14, 2004 No ChangeWeek 2July 16, 2004 yield is starting to form on 2 beans in the dry cup. 3 beans in the soaked cup have sprouted. 1 bean in the dry cup has sprouted.July 18, 2004 Mold is on 3 beans in the dry cup.July 20, 2004 Threw out 3 molded beans. Sprouts and roots are seen in the soaked cup.Week 3July 22, 2004 Changed from a cup to Ziploc bags. Changed paper toweling.July 24, 2004 The bean from the dry cup has noticeable roots and a sproutJuly 26, 2004 The roots in both bags are attaching themselves to the paper toweling.My ResearchWhile researching this experiment I realized that I did several things wrong. First, the beans should have initially gone into a plastic bag, this would keep in the mois ture, helping the paper toweling to keep the water. Second, the beans should have been placed side by side and laid flat.