BETTER QUESTIONS. BETTER EXPERIMENTS.
More readings.
Not more experiments.
Before you spend weeks growing plants, check what your setup can actually tell you. Start with six pots. Discover the hidden catch.
01 / ARRANGE YOUR TRIAL
Your growing room
Select a pot to move it or change its treatment. Keyboard and touch work too.
03 / CHECK THE PATTERN
Treatment meets location
04 / TAKE IT TO THE CLASSROOM
Change the plan.
Keep the question.
More measurements cannot separate treatment from shelf when every A pot lives on one shelf and every B pot on the other.
A CHECK, NOT A VERDICT
No warning is not proof.
TrialMap checks experimental-unit assumptions and complete treatment–location confounding in this small declared layout. It does not establish a valid experiment, adequate sample size, statistical power, randomization or safe procedures. Other confounding and environmental differences can remain.
For classroom plant planning only. Ask your teacher to review the actual setup. No human, animal or hazardous experiments. Changes stay in this tab and are lost on reload.
Why these checks? Sources & limitations
Society for Science: science-fair basics supports repeated, controlled investigation. It does not establish demand for this prototype.
NC3Rs: experimental units explains independent treatment units and repeated observations. Its animal-research examples are adapted here to independently treated plant pots.
NIST: randomized block designs explains blocking by nuisance factors. Mixing our layout removes one complete confounding pattern; it does not implement or certify a randomized block design.
This educational prototype has not been validated with students or teachers. Existing tools such as NC3Rs EDA provide broader experimental-design support. Original app code and artwork; AI-assisted development disclosed.