Part 1: Questions and Answers

How do plants grow in different light conditions?

A:

1: My prediction is that the solar light will help the plant grow faster, the heat and warmth of the light will help it grow but I assume that it will grow and dry up faster since the light is on 24/7.

The natural light might take longer to grow, but I think that because the temperature outside is not always hot and sunny, it will give a positive impact on it’s growth. Even if it does take longer to grow, the outcome will probably come out better.

As a conclusion, I predict that the solar light might dry up plant B. And the natural light will take longer to grow plant A but it will grow more efficiently in the long run.

Part 2: Materials and Instructions

For this project you will need:

• 2 Pots   
• Seeds (of your choice)
• Soil
• Water
• A window to put your plant near by
• Solar light ( a lamp, or light, yellow is preffered)  

Now following the next steps you can get started with this experiment!:

Step 1: You will need your two pots and fill it up until the rim with soil.

Step 2: You will need 4 seeds ( I used beans ) and place two in each pot

Step 3: Cover your seeds with some soil and place in two different areas of the house.

Step 4: Put Plant A near a window where the sun will directly hit.

Step 5: Put Plant B in a room with less air circulation ( like a laundry room) near a lamp or a light.

Once you are done this, you will need to record how much or how little it has grown every TWO DAYS for TWO WEEKS.

Day 1:              and    

DISCLAIMER: Do not over water your plant, and do NOT forget to water your plant

( This will defeat the point of the experiment )

Safety precautions: Make sure you have permission from any adult to leave on a lamp throughout the day

TO AVOID FIRE: Check on light and Plant B everyday.                          

Making observations:

Each day I check on Plant A and Plant B to see how it grows and reacts in different light conditions.

Plant A grew a little bit on day 3:          

Plant B did not grow a lot until day 8:

2017-01-22: Plant A still remains the same

2017-01-22: Plant B grew more!                                                                                                 

2017-01-21: Plant B was around 10.6cm long, and grew two leaves.

Processing and analyzing:

As I was watching my plants grow, I realized that plant B would grow faster just as I thought at the beginning.

After watering my plants every two days, I noticed that plant B was going to grow much faster.

The solar light was on 24/7 which affected the plants growth, due to temperature changes in the lower mainland Plant A took a long time to develop.          

Improving this experiment:

This experiment was a good learning experience. Putting the plants in different light conditions was interesting to see the pace of the growth in the lima bean plants.

By the end of the experiment I realized my hypothesis was correct that plant B would grow faster under solar light.

To improve this experiment having more plants under different conditions might work better, but this was a good start!