Name: Jane Doe Date: July XX, 2014 Instructor’s Name: Beverly Hamilton Assignment: SCIE XXX Lab Report Title: Using Scientific Method Purpose The purpose of this lab is to be to determine how much fertilizer is needed to yield the most amount of Maize. Introduction Why is soil such an important part of cropping/ framing? In a paper prepared as background in “Soil Biodiversity and Sustainable Agricultural” it clearly states that “the improvement in agricultural sustainability requires, alongside effective water and crop management, the optimal use and management of soil fertility and soil physical properties..... Consider the issue of soil biodiversity and soil ecosystem management of great importance to the achievement of sustainable, resources-efficient and productive agriculture” (soil-biodiversity, 2013). So it is safe to say that soil is so important because it is essential to our survival. Soil play a large role in one of our major food sources and it doesn’t just affect human but animals as well. Arable soil is commonly used in agriculture, which is due to its ability to grow various kinds of crops. Nonarable soil however is not appropriate for agricultural purposes. Nonarable soil is unsuitable because of reasons such as, lack of water, abundance of salt or sand, high precipitation, etc. Nevertheless, nonarable soil can harvest crops so long it is properly fertilized. Both arable and nonarable lands have been chosen as an experimental cultivation site near the city of Melle, Germany where the yield of maize Comment [BH1]: This should be a single sentence. Comment [BH2]: This paragraph talks about the importance of soil. was observed from 1990 through 1998. The climate variations have also been carefully recorded on equally sized lots of both types of land. Nitrogen is the key ingredient of proteins, which are the most important molecules of life. “The use of nitrogen fertilizer is essential in modern agriculture because it increase the crop yield by stimulating the growth rate of any plant. As nitrogen is accumulated, the plants synthesize their proteins more efficiently” (M.U.S.E., 2013). The nitrogen fertilizer helps produce plants it strengthens their structure and the plants become immune to its environment even if the environment is inhabitable. Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome Based on the material collected, I trust that if arable and nonarable soil is supplemented with the equal amounts of nitrogen fertilizer, the crop grown on arable soil will grow healthier than that growing on nonarable soil. Methods The method of testing will involve the use of mineral nitrogen fertilizer in 10 arable and 10 nonarable sandy loam soils plots of the same size over the course of a year. Each plot will have a different amount of nitrogen fertilizer added to the soil to measure the amount maize growth to the amount of fertilizer. Starting.

1. Name: Jane Doe
Date: July XX, 2014
Instructor’s Name: Beverly Hamilton
Assignment: SCIE XXX Lab Report
Title: Using Scientific Method
Purpose
The purpose of this lab is to be to determine how much
fertilizer is needed to
yield the most amount of Maize.
Introduction
Why is soil such an important part of cropping/ framing? In a
paper prepared as
background in “Soil Biodiversity and Sustainable Agricultural”
it clearly states that “the
improvement in agricultural sustainability requires, alongside
effective water and crop

2. management, the optimal use and management of soil fertility
and soil physical
properties..... Consider the issue of soil biodiversity and soil
ecosystem management of
great importance to the achievement of sustainable, resources-
efficient and productive
agriculture” (soil-biodiversity, 2013). So it is safe to say that
soil is so important because
it is essential to our survival. Soil play a large role in one of our
major food sources and it
doesn’t just affect human but animals as well.
Arable soil is commonly used in agriculture, which is due to its
ability to grow various
kinds of crops. Nonarable soil however is not appropriate for
agricultural purposes.
Nonarable soil is unsuitable because of reasons such as, lack of
water, abundance of salt
or sand, high precipitation, etc. Nevertheless, nonarable soil can
harvest crops so long it
is properly fertilized. Both arable and nonarable lands have
been chosen as an
experimental cultivation site near the city of Melle, Germany
where the yield of maize

3. Comment [BH1]: This should be a single
sentence.
Comment [BH2]: This paragraph talks about the
importance of soil.
was observed from 1990 through 1998. The climate variations
have also been carefully
recorded on equally sized lots of both types of land.
Nitrogen is the key ingredient of proteins, which are the most
important molecules of life.
“The use of nitrogen fertilizer is essential in modern agriculture
because it increase the
crop yield by stimulating the growth rate of any plant. As
nitrogen is accumulated, the
plants synthesize their proteins more efficiently” (M.U.S.E.,
2013). The nitrogen
fertilizer helps produce plants it strengthens their structure and
the plants become
immune to its environment even if the environment is
inhabitable.
Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome
Based on the material collected, I trust that if arable and
nonarable soil is

4. supplemented with the equal amounts of nitrogen fertilizer, the
crop grown on arable soil
will grow healthier than that growing on nonarable soil.
Methods
The method of testing will involve the use of mineral nitrogen
fertilizer in 10 arable and
10 nonarable sandy loam soils plots of the same size over the
course of a year. Each plot
will have a different amount of nitrogen fertilizer added to the
soil to measure the amount
maize growth to the amount of fertilizer. Starting with the
controlled plot with no
fertilizer that will increase in amounts by 20kg per 100 acre plot
ending with 180kg.
For this experiment two tables were used. Table 1, indicates the
affect that nitrogen
fertilizer had on the crop in arable soil. Table 2, shows the
impact of the nitrogen
fertilizer had on the crop, which grew on nonarable land. The
fertilizer was controlled
and increased in increments of 20kg, beginning with zero kg per
100 acres until 180 kg
per 100 acres. The result of fertilization was calculated by the

5. yield of Maize in
milligrams of dry mass per 100 acres per year.
Results/Outcome
Table 1: Maize Yield From Arable Soil
Comment [BH3]: This paragraph talks about the
two types of soil.
Comment [BH4]: This paragraph talks about
nitrogen and fertilizer.
Comment [BH5]: This should be a single
sentence.
Comment [BH6]: This summarizes how the
experiment was performed.
Amount of Mineral Nitrogen
Fertilization (kg per 100 acres)
Yield of Maize (mg of dry mass per
100 acres per year) in Arable Soil
0 8
20 10.7

6. 40 13
60 15.2
80 16.4
100 18.2
120 19.2
140 20.8
160 20.4
180 20.1
Table 2: Maize Yield From Nonarable Sandy Loam Soil
Amount of Mineral Nitrogen
Fertilization (kg per 100 acres)
Yield of Maize (mg of dry mass per 100
acres per year) in Nonarable Sandy Loam
Soil
0 15.6
20 10.7

7. 40 13
60 15.2
80 16.4
100 18.2
120 19.2
140 20.8
160 20.4
180 20.1
Discussion/Analysis
In conclusion, the numbers collected indicated that the
nonarable soil produced
more Maize than arable soil. As the fertilizer was supplemented,
still the nonarable soil
continued to produce more crops, as to the crop grown on arable
soil. Furthermore, both
crops maxed growth when added 140 kg per 100 acres of
nitrogen fertilizer. Both crops
yielded fewer crops when added 180 kg of fertilizer per 100
acres and bore the exact
same amount of crops that year.

8. References
AIU MUSE (My Unique Student Experience) 2007 Unit 1
Course Materials. Retrieved from
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Agriculturalist, (N.D.). Arable and Nonarable Land. Retrieved
from:
http://www.agriculturalist.co.uk/Arable_and_Non_Arable_Land/
Arable. (n.d.). Collins English Dictionary - Complete &
Unabridged 10th Edition. Retrieved July
28, 2013, from Dictionary.com website:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/arable
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Name:
Date:
Instructor’s Name:
Assignment: SCIE211 Phase 1 Lab Report
Title: Human Impacts on the Sustainability of Groundwater
Instructions: You will need to write a 1-page lab report using
the scientific method to answer the following question:
· If current human development does not change, will
groundwater sustainability be affected?
When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted
Assignment files.
Part I: Using the time progression of industrialization and
human development, fill in the data table below to help you
write up your lab report.
Time Period
Impact to Forest

10. Groundwater Levels
Saltwater Intrusion
Farming
Industrial development
Population
1800s
1900s
2000s

11. Part II: Write a 1-page lab report using the following scientific
method sections:
· Purpose
· State the purpose of the lab.
· Introduction
· This is an investigation of what is currently known about the
question being asked. Use background information from
credible references to write a short summary about concepts in
the lab. List and cite references in APA style.
· Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome
· A hypothesis is an educated guess. Based on what you have
learned and written about in the Introduction, state what you
expect to be the results of the lab procedures.
· Methods
· Summarize the procedures that you used in the lab. The
Methods section should also state clearly how data (numbers)
were collected during the lab; this will be reported in the
Results/Outcome section.
· Results/Outcome

12. · Provide here any results or data that were generated while
doing the lab procedure.
· Discussion/Analysis
· In this section, state clearly whether you obtained the expected
results, and if the outcome was as expected.
· Note: You can use the lab data to help you discuss the results
and what you learned.
Provide references in APA format. This includes a reference list
and in-text citations for references used in the Introduction
section.
Give your paper a title and number, and identify each section as
specified above. Although the hypothesis will be a 1-sentence
answer, the other sections will need to be paragraphs to
adequately explain your experiment.
When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted
Assignment files.