Using Ratios, Rates & Proportions in Science

Sixth graders are applying math skills learned this year while analyzing data collected when germinating turnip seeds.  Gideon and Preston are pictured planting the seeds within a centimeter grid.  After the seeds germinate, students will count the ratio of germinated seeds to the number of seeds planted.  This number will be converted into a percent and students will catalog and graph the rate of growth of the plants over a six week period.