Entry 2, Day 2

Arriving with the substances we discussed on the first day, we were ready to start setting up the second challenge. Before starting that, we took a look at the results of the first challenge. With only two days passing, the first challenge didn't quite have enough time to develop it seemed.

The results were difficult to discern, but there was minor webbing occurring from the source of the Physarum. A few of the oat flakes that were untouched, but if we give it more time it should result in further webbing. 

After checking the results, we began to construct the second challenge. Following the same initial steps of the first challenge, we filled the petri dish with agar and took a portion of Physarum and placed it in the center of the petri dish. Next, we created a "map" that measured the distance that the Physarum's webbing would achieve, creating tick marks at every half-inch.

Placing four oat samples each an inch away from the Physarum in the center, we then coated three of them in substances. One was left untouched, creating a control for the experiment. We labeled which substance was which and then covered the petri dish.

Covering it in tin foil just as we did for the first challenge, we labeled it as the second experiment and left it alone until we see it on the following Monday. Finally, we ended the day by preparing for the third challenge. We decided to stick with tin-foil but this time use it for the labyrinth. We planned to create walls with tin foil because it's extremely malleable. We drew up a labyrinth plan and left for the day.