Moss Jar Investigation - To learn about non-vascular plants, moss, closed ecosystems, repurposed products.
To create a lab report based on observations of moss in a jar. To include in lab report.
Title - Something to do with moss
Purpose- What are trying to understand and learn about?
Materials - List all objects used
Procedure - You may use sketches, bullet points, or narrative description of how you completed your investigation.
Data - Create a table of all the days (date on top) and what you observe occuring in your jar.
Conclusion -
- Explain using the moss life cycle what you observed from your data. Refer to the vocabulary in your writing.
- You should have seen evidence of the water cycle in your jar. Explain how the two phenomenon interact.
- Explain how your moss grew even though it was contained.
- Describe what a non-vascular plant is using what you observed in your investigation.
- What could you have done better? This includes while you took your data.
Begin by learning about Moss- The above book is an amazing explanation of moss and life. In it I learned about the 'boundary layer.'
Illinois Bryophytes - Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts
- Bryophtyes are part of the Kingdom Plantae
- Second to flowering plants
- Mosses are most abundant
- Sporophytic
- Non-vascular
Moss Life Cycle
Source: https://kids.britannica.com/students/assembly/view/162564