The Life of My Sunflower

Day One:
Planting and naming of seed: Mary.
Roughly five or six hours later, Mary committed suicide by plummeting into the grass outside of my apartment.

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Day One: Friday, February 18th
Planting and naming of seed: Freddie.
Freddie made his first trip to Columbus, Georgia in a drink holder. He then had a quiet evening on the kitchen window sill, and enjoyed some refreshing tap water and sunlight.

Day Two: Saturday, February 19th
Freddie stayed on the window sill and watched the sun rise and set in peaceful contentment.

Day Three: Sunday, February 20th
Freddie said goodbye to Columbus, Georgia and journeyed back to Macon.

Day Four: Monday, February 21st
Freddie found a new home on the window sill in the living room of my apartment.

Day Five: Tuesday, February 22nd
My boyfriend Dustin watered Freddie as he cleaned the window sill.

Day Six: Wednesday, February 23rd
Freddie joins me in my Scientifc Inquiry class, but doesn't make it all the way back to my apartment without losing a good bit of soil.

Day Seven: Thursday, February 24th
There is still no sign of life from Freddie, and there is even a good chance that he is dead because he doesn't have enough dirt.

Day Eight: Friday, February 25th
A tiny green sprout has made its way through the soil, and Freddie is in fact alive.

Day Nine: Saturday, February 26th
I begin to worry that Freddie will not live much longer without more soil. The plant sits oblivious on the window sill.

Day Ten: Sunday, February 27th
The sprout has grown just a little bit taller. I plan on asking Dr. Rood for more soil, so that the plant isn't malnourished.

Day Eleven: Monday, February 28th
Dr. Rood announces in class that he will be bringing more seeds and soil to class from now on, so on Wednesday I will bring Freddie so that I can add more soil to the cup.

Day Twelve: Tuesday, March 1st
Freddie has started leaning towards the window, in an eager attempt to get as much sunlight as possible. His soil is starting to look a little light, and I'm hoping he can stick it out until class tomorrow.

Day Thirteen: Wednesday, March 2nd
After class, I acquired a second cup of soil with which to refill Freddie's cup. In returning back to my apartment, I poured the dirt into the cup and packed it in.

Day Fourteen: Thursday, March 3rd
Freddie looks much rejuvenated now that he has more dirt, and even looks a little greener.

Day Fifteen: Friday, March 4th
Today I watered Freddie before leaving for Savannah for the weekend.

Day Sixteen: Saturday, March 5th
Freddie sat on the window sill in my apartment next to my boyfriend Dustin's plant, waiting for our return.

Day Seventeen: Sunday, March 6th
Today, upon my return, I watered Freddie again, and he waited patiently as I packed for the return home to Columbus. He rode home quietly in a cup holder, and returned once again to the kitchen window sill.

Day Eighteen: Monday, March 7th
Freddie's stalk has gotten longer and his leaves are starting to get bigger.

Day Nineteen: Tuesday, March 8th
Today I rotated Freddie's cup on the window sill, because I'm afraid that his stalk will break from bending towards the sunlight.

Day Twenty: Wednesday, March 9th
Today I measured Freddie's stalk and found that he is 2.8 inches tall.

Day Twenty-One: Thursday, March 10th
Freddie has acquired a second set of leaves below the ones higher on the stem.

Day Twenty-Two: Friday, March 11th
Today I noticed that Freddie's stalk is even taller than it was the last time I measured it, and I have to make a point to measure him when I get back.

Day Twenty-Three: Saturday, March 12th
Today, Freddie and I prepared for the journey back to Macon.

Day Twenty-Four: Sunday, March 13th
Today, Freddie and I headed back to campus.

Day Twenty-Five: Monday, March 14th
Today, in watering Freddie, I noticed that he is starting to form tiny leaves below the top two leaves.

Day Twenty-Six: Tuesday, March 15th
I measured Freddie today, and found that he is a little over seven inches tall.

Day Twenty-Seven: Wednesday, March 16th
Freddie's stalk is starting to bend, so I've propped him up against the window pane.

Day Twenty-Eight: Thursday, March 17th
Today when I watered Freddie, I noticed that he has several tiny hairs below his upper set of leaves.

Extremophiles

An extremophile is defined as any organism that requires extreme environmental conditions that are detrimental to most (if not all) other life forms on Earth. There are many different subtypes of extremophile organisms, which are categorized by the type of extreme environment in which they inhabit.

One such category is the Thermophile, which can live in extreme temperatures of 60-80 Celsius, which is roughly 140-176 Fahrenheit.

deductive reasoning vs inductive reasoning

deductive reasoning- the process of gaining knowledge via deductive arguments, which are used to reach a certain conclusion, based on a certain hypothesis or premises.


Example:
All bachelor's are single
Dan is single,
Therefore, Dan is a bachelor


inductive reasoning- the process of gaining knowledge via inductive arguments, which suggest a certain truth but do not guarantee it. That is to say that, though a given premises used to support an argument may be true, the conclusion may still be false.


Example:
All of the cars we have seen are black.
Therefore, all cars are black.