Worm Regeneration Experiment Analysis In class, an experiment was conducted involving planarian worms and their method of using regeneration to regrow parts of their bodies when severed and separated from the other half. In order to conduct this experiment, a small planarian worm was obtained from a glass of spring water using a pipette, and then placed into a petri dish filled with enough spring water to keep the worm alive (But not enough that could allow the worms to escape). Then, using a razor blade, the planarian worm was cut in half to produce two worms (in my case specifically, separating it into two equal halves), and was then observed over the course of two weeks to witness the regeneration process. Microscopes were provided if needed
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For a week, the head segment didn’t change in size at all, and remained 1 mm long (the length it was when I first cut the worm). However, after 1 week, the body segment had grown one millimeter, from 3 mm (original length) to 4 mm. After 2 weeks, the head segment had grown to 2 mm, and the body segment had remained the same at around 4 mm. The slight changes in the two halves go along with my predictions, and show that while the halves did regenerate, it was in very small amounts. This experiment went along with what I had initially expected, and proved my overall hypothesis and predictions. Overall, this experiment was a success regarding observing worm regeneration and proving a hypothesis. I predicted that my worm’s small size would impact the amount of regrowth it would experience, and my results prove that both segments only grew a maximum of 1 millimeter over the course of 2 weeks. After severing my planarian worm in half and recording the results of it’s regeneration, it’s safe to say that these worms definitely regenerate, but because they come in different sizes it’s harder to observe large changes over extended periods of
For a week, the head segment didn’t change in size at all, and remained 1 mm long (the length it was when I first cut the worm). However, after 1 week, the body segment had grown one millimeter, from 3 mm (original length) to 4 mm. After 2 weeks, the head segment had grown to 2 mm, and the body segment had remained the same at around 4 mm. The slight changes in the two halves go along with my predictions, and show that while the halves did regenerate, it was in very small amounts. This experiment went along with what I had initially expected, and proved my overall hypothesis and predictions. Overall, this experiment was a success regarding observing worm regeneration and proving a hypothesis. I predicted that my worm’s small size would impact the amount of regrowth it would experience, and my results prove that both segments only grew a maximum of 1 millimeter over the course of 2 weeks. After severing my planarian worm in half and recording the results of it’s regeneration, it’s safe to say that these worms definitely regenerate, but because they come in different sizes it’s harder to observe large changes over extended periods of