Moss is Boss

During the nature walk on Thursday, there was much fascination about the moss that the class was shown by Mr. Calos. Sosie, Olivia, and I decided to make our experiment about moss and the factors that affect its growth. Our hypothesis is as follows: Moss grows more efficiently in conditions with higher humidity.
Our idea for the experiment is that we can set up two different moss gardens, one with high humidity and the other with as little humidity as possible. For the first set of conditions will set the moss up in a container that will trap humidity. We will do the same for the second set of conditions, however we will try to eliminate the possible humidity that could get trapped in the container. Moss is quite prevalent in a temperate deciduous forest such as upstate New York so we initially thought we could take some from the Back 40 here at Emma. It was brought to our attention that moss grows very slowly so it would be more efficient to order sporulating moss. We are using a website called carolina.com, an online catalog that sells a variety of plants. Sporulating moss will make our job much easier because we can measure the growth of the spores by height and number per container. I am excited to get this ball rolling!

Here is the type of moss we are ordering if you would like to see a visual. 
http://www.carolina.com/mosses-liverworts-and-lichen/sporulating-moss-living/156695.pr?catId=&mCat=&sCat=&ssCat=&question=live+moss