| Explore | We learned that photosynthesis only occurs during day and this process needs a light source, a carbon source and water. We want to investigate what light works better during photosynthesis. |
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| Research Question | What color works better during photosynthesis? |
| Predictions | We think the green light will work better because it reflects all the other lights and absorbs the green light which we can see. |
| Experimental Design | The materials that we are using is a light source, hole punches, paint brushes, baking soda, colored lights, rulers, syringes, and cups. The independent variables are cups, the carbon sources, the measures and the water. The dependent are the light and the time. The different types of lights. |
| Conclusion | in conclusion, our prediction of the green light working better during photosynthesis was not completely wrong. The green light did work for the leaf disks but the controlled light did work the same as well. Which shows that the green can have the same effect as the controlled light on the leaf disks, which also means that both lights can be used during photosynthesis. The controlled light does work a little faster because the leaf disks floated faster when using the controlled light instead of the green light. To simplify, both green and controlled light are better light for photosynthesis. |
| Investigation Theme | POS |
| Grade Level | High School Students (Grades 9,10,11,12) |
| School Name | Paramount High School West Campus |
| Session | Fall 2017 |
| About this Project | This is the only team in this class that has completely filled out their information on the Info page. Early on in the semester, the team was actively engaged in discussing their ideas for experiments and science concepts with their mentor. Towards the end of the project, the team fell behind in having direct communication every week with their mentor; however, a student representative in this group made sure to continue to update each section of the Info page to let the mentor know what was happening. There are multiple ways students can keep their mentors updated with their project. This team was actively engaged early on with their mentor, who helped them clarify their ideas and addressed their misconceptions, but they seemed to have enough direction and went on with their experiment. This did not mean that communication halted. Rather, the students made sure to keep the mentor up to date by filling in each section of the Info page. Thus, just because students may not have enough internet time or access to chat with their mentor on the discussion board, they can be sure to let the mentor know what is going on through other means. |