| Date | Controlled Observation | Manipulated Observation |
| 5/8 | Today one of the plants is one inch tall and another plant is just emerging. | Today I see no changes in the seed. It went up to the surface. |
| 5/9 | Today one of the plants is now one and a half inch tall and the other plant is still emerging. | Today the seed has no changes other than it turned black. |
| 5/10 | My plant has toppled over and the hypocotyl is very thin and the plant is dry. | Today we see nothing changing. |
| 5/11 | I am looking at my partner’s plant because mine is not surviving. My partner’s plant has a few true leaves emerging. | I think the plant is not surviving. I think the baking soda is not good enough for planting. |
| 5/12 | The cotyledon is still green even when the plant is toppled over. | The plant has not emerged yet. |
| 5/15 | The stem of the true leaves is spiky. | The baking soda is hard. |
| 5/16 | My plant is really orange. | It has died because of the baking soda. |
| 5/17 | My partners plant has buds that are green. | I can see the wick through the baking soda. |
| 5/19 | My partners plant has yellow flowers that are very small. | The plant is dead and the water has changed. |
| 5/24 | My partners plant has leaves that are falling to give energy to the pod. | The plant has officially died. |
| 5/25 | I see 13 pods. | |
| 5/26 | A pod is 1 inch tall. | |
| 5/30 | My partners pod is larger than an inch. | |
| 6/2 | The leaves are turning pink and are getting dry. | |
| 6/6 | I see a lot of seeds in the pods. | |
| 6/7 | In one of my partners pods, I see 14 seeds. | |
| 6/9 | We took the plants off the water source. |