Epic Battle

Epic Battle

Just Like Darwin Did
Lesson: 4.9
Level:
Advanced
Station: Hydroponics
Format: Experiment
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Lesson Overview

Sometimes the seemingly complex can be proven and understood with the simplest of experiments. In this lesson, students will attempt to prove the existence of auxin by repeating Charles Darwin's experiment.

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Method

Phototropism is one of those things you cannot see but it’s effects can be quite obvious.

Repeat Charles Darwin’s experiment from the 1870s where he covered the tips of sprouts to determine the existence of auxin, the hormones responsible for phototropism.

Conduct the same experiment in your Lab. Can you reproduce the same results?

Related Lessons

Now that you’ve completed the Advanced Lesson, just remember that you can always revisit the Beginner and Intermeidate Lessons as needed.

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