Planarian Regeneration Science Fair Project Ideas

Pollution science fair projects explore complex subject...

Pollution

Soil and water pollution are causing a lot of different problems on the planet. Water and soil are becoming toxic.

Objectives/Goals

My project is to determine if water containing trace amounts of automotive fluids has an effect on planarians regeneration.

Methods/Materials

I conducted my experiment by first adding used and unused motor oil, used and unused coolant, and used and unused transmission fluid to spring water. I then filtered the water before placing two planarian tails in ten cups of each test variable. I then observed and recorded how many planarians regenerated.

Results

After completing my investigation, the used motor oil and unused coolant most negatively effected the planarian's regeneration rate.

Conclusions/Discussion

My conclusion is that when you dump hazardous wastes in to our ground water, even though it gets filtered, it can still be harmful to our environment. In addition, used motor oil and unused coolant were the worst fluid contaminents. 3rd party contributor