| Explore | Plants use the sun and water to grow and create sugar which is called photosynthesis. |
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| Research Question | Will having plants exposed to the sun 24/7 grow faster? We came up with this experiment by our teacher was talking about the climate of plants so we thought about doing something about the water needed for plants but then we thought about the light needed for the plants and came up with the 24/7 light idea. |
| Predictions | If having plants exposed to the sun 24/7 they will grow faster. The possible out comes of 24/7 light to plants is that the plants will grow faster than the non 24/7 light plants. |
| Experimental Design | Our plan is to have thirty-six seeds, and three bottles cut in half to make 6 bottles. There will be six seeds in one bottle. And three of the bottles will be under the growing light 24/7, then the other three bottles will be in a window in front of the sun's light only during the day. Then we are going to see which one grows faster and better. |
| Conclusion | Our Prediction was that the 24/7 light plants will grow faster than the sun light plants. The possible outcomes of 24/7 light to plants is that the plants will grow faster than the non 24/7 light plants. Our prediction was wrong. The Sunlight plants grew larger and faster than the 24/7 plants. The Sunlight plants also lasted longer and didn't die as fast as some of the 24/7 plants. Our findings were that the sun light plants grew faster than the 24/7 plants as explained in the starting of the paragraph. We expected the 24/7 plants to grow faster because of how much light was used. I think the 24/7 light was getting too much light and was drying the plants out. This is useful in the real world because it shows farmers that the amount of light doesn’t matter for planting crops and that the crop shouldn’t be getting too much light. |
| Investigation Theme | AFW |
| Grade Level | Middle School Students (grades 6,7,8) |
| School Name | Nottingham Elementary |
| Session | Spring 2017 |
