Are there any insects present? If so, are they damaging insects ...

[sarasara]

Are there any insects present? If so, are they damaging insects or not? How do
  you know this?

 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Is there a difference between your groups foliage loss due to insects and the
  other groups loss of foliage? Why?

 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

What do you think is the reason for the differences that you observed?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

What observations are made from the comparison?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Silverbeard98]

Answer to Question 1

Student answers may vary and the students should be able to identify the insects as
harmful because of physical evidence such as (1) defoliation, (2) deformation of
stems, (3) girdling, (4) discoloration of leaves, (5) wilting, and (6) leaf loss.

Answer to Question 2

Student answers may vary due to the types of insects present and the degree of
insect defoliation.

Answer to Question 3

Student answers may vary due to (1) growth characteristics of different plants, (2)
differences in soil qualities of each garden, and (3) climatic and environmental
factors.

Answer to Question 4

Students should describe the degree and type of growth observed in the different
plots.

[sarasara]

Excellent

[olderstudent]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it