includes clear and achievable learning goals, a reasonably detailed outline of how you will spend your time during the project, and a documentation plan that will help you to capture the full learning experience of your project.
Documentation
Throughout my project I will photograph and document the work I do each day. For the final presentation, I hope to share the findingings on the two plants I will be researching, Hazelnuts and strawberries, as well as how those developments in plant research actually impact a farm. I hope to be able to learn from the experience of working with farmers and scientists and understand their views firsthand in addition to asking questions and understanding problems . I think the Virtual Presentation format will work very well because I will be able to convey my findings and experience more accurately through the photos and videos of the work I am doing. I want to be able to guide the viewer through my journey visually so they can understand how I arrived to the conclusions I made.
Time
Starting Monday, April 12th and ending on Sunday, May 23rd I will be staying at my Aunt and Uncle’s house in Bordentown New Jersey, as well as my cousin’s house located a few minutes away in Chesterfield, New Jersey. I will alternate working alongside my Uncle on his strawberry research at the EARTH center in South Brunswick and my cousin on his Hazelnut research in Cream Ridge, New Jersey. The remaining time I will be working at the Hlubik farm in Chesterfield, New Jersey where I will help plant, grow and transplant crops in the greenhouses at the farm.
Goals
- How are crops genetically altered and developed to optimize characteristics like yield, flavor, disease resistance, and growing time?
- How are new varieties of plants researched to adapt them to grow and thrive in new regions?
- How do new varieties and species of plants affect a farm day to day operations and overall survivability as an industry?
My goal is to learn about one or more of these essential questions.