Plant Science - Lab Report

By Zosia

Table Of Contents

Question
Hypothesis
Experiment
Materials
Procedure
Observations and Data
Conclusion
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Question
Does the amount of time watering the plant affect the height of the plant in 2
weeks?

Hypothesis
Alec and Maria think the plant that is watered most regularly is the plant thats
going to grow the highest in 2 weeks. Susie and Zosia thinks that the plant that is
watered 3 times a week will grow the highest in 2 weeks.

Experiment
We experimented on plants. Our experiment was about the time of watering. What
effects the plant? How it affects it? What is the reason? This experiment will help us
find out the answers and also its fun to pretend to be a scientist.

Materials
Measuring Cup
(70 ml of water)

Materials We Used:

Pot
Dish
Dirt

Teaspoon
Lima Beans

Dirt
70 ml of water
Lima Bean Seeds
4 pots
4 dishes
1 regular teaspoon
Tall measuring cup

Procedure
First come up with our idea. We will put the dirt in the
Then we will put the pots
pots, measure and then plant the seeds and water it for that are on the dishes behind
the first time and watch the plants grow as we follow
the couch on a low window
our plan. But on the first day we will double water out
sill. We will be watering in
plants because it might not get enough water to even
the morning.
start growing so we will give our plants 140 ml of water
for the first day. Maria will water her plant 5 time a
week, Alec will 2 times a week, Zosia will 3 times a week
and Susie 1 time a week. We will also take pictures of our
materials and pictures of what we are doing.

My Observations and Data

Nov. 17
Soil is wet and squishy. No
roots but seed grew a little
larger. No sprouts yet. The
dirt is cold. I think only one
seed is starting to germinate
but nothing happened with
the other ones. Only one little
root in one of the seeds. Also
the seed is cracking open so I
think that one will grow.

Dec. 2

Nov. 18
Soil still wet and cold even
though I didnt water today,
its also squishy and damp. The
root is coming out and it came
out more than yesterday. No
sprouts just 1 root from one
seed. The crack is bigger than
yesterday. I think that the
cracking seed will grow a
sprout soon.

Soil very damp. All seeds squished and white stuff coming out. No way
that any of my seeds will grow. I can say goodbye to my experiment
because there is no way that any of my seeds will grow and thats final.
No seeds, no growing, no germination. Im so mad Its annoying
because at first I have a root and Im like Omg! Mine will grow! And
then the root falls off and no growing AT ALL. Well thats how it went
so I dont think I can hope for germination. My seeds are dead. Thats all.

Nov. 20
Dirt still cold and wet I didnt
water today either.
Tomorrow I water. The root
from one of my seeds is
getting longer and a second
root is coming out. The
other seeds grew bigger but
still no roots for the other
ones.

Dec. 4
No sprout, no roots, no
germination, no hope.
Everything is hopeless. My
seed wont grow not now, not
tomorrow not EVER.

Nov. 25

Soil very damp. Cold, wet and one of my seeds cracked

completely open and now there is white stuff coming
out. Its literally squashed. Other seeds are very soft and
squishy. I wonder if the same thing will happen to other
seeds; they will squish and white stuff will come out. I
think it might be the fault of too much water. It made
the seeds soaking wet, squishy and ruined. All my seeds
are nearly destroyed I think that only Alecs seeds have a
chance of growing. But who knows? Maybe the seeds
cracking like that means that there will be sprouts? But I
doubt that. Root that was in one of the seeds isnt there
anymore. Maybe it fell off. Well anyways its not there
anymore.

Dec. 9

Home

No way. I will repeat, no way. My

plant wont grow and thats final.
Thats all for today. No plant, no
hope. Thats it. I give up.

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Susies Observations and

Data
Nov. 17
Soil is damp but not a lot.
Soil is crumbly. The soil is
cold. Beans starting to
grow bigger there is a little
bit of germination by a
small, little root. There is no
germination in any of the
other seeds. No other
notices in the soil as far as I
can see.

Dec. 2
A lot of germination 220 mm tall
that is the tallest plant. The other
plant is 170mm tall. The streams
on both of the plants are very
strong. The leafs are on average
350mm - 400mm. The stems are
hairy.

Nov. 18
Soil completely dry now.
Tiny root about cm.
under the thin first layer
it is damp. I will be
watering my plant for
the second time
tomorrow...

Dec. 4
The plant is very
healthy. The length is
250mm tall. The leafs
are five cm.

Nov. 20

Soil very wet. Seed is

germinated so the seed is
stuck to the soil. And the
seed is turning green. There
is a root growing on the
other seeds

Dec. 9
My plant has grown
very tall it is now
440mm and the leafs
are 6 cm long and
the longest is 8cm.

Nov. 25
Green leaf and small stem, I
noticed that I am the person that
waters every it is 2 millimeters
tall. The soil is very dry. Soil is
starting to crumble. Finding tiny
stones, or rocks. The whole seed
is now green. The seed has risen.
And the plant has split open, and
it looks like there is skin on the
seed. All seeds are just under the
thin layer. All the other seeds
have started to germinate and
they have all split open.
Expecting a more growth over
the night. I just remembered that
I will be watering tomorrow so
the soil will become more moist.
And under the thin top layer it is
really hard soil.

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Alecs Observations
and Data
Nov. 17
Soil is damp but not a lot.
the soil is crumbly. No
roots yet but the bean has
germinated and and also
no shoots. Only one bean
has been showing for a
long time but is not
growing. No other
observations of the other
beans yet

Dec. 4
Nothing has happened and I am
very frustrated because nothing has
nothing so far for the last
MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!
PERIOD...

Nov. 18
Nothing has happened even
though I have watered my
plan today. This was the
second time I watered my
plant and I think that my
plant is not growing
because I am watering only
twice a week.My seeds have
floated to the top and
grown bigger nothing root
yet.

Nov. 20
Soil is very wet because
I watered my today.
Nothing else has
happened so far. The
seeds are still in the
same place and that is
all.

Nov. 25
The soil is very damp because I
watered plant a there is
germination and one of the
seeds is already growing and you
could see the seed on the top of
the pot. There are two seeds in
total that are showing on the
top of the pot and one seed is
broken in half and is ready to
grow.

Dec. 2
Soil is very damp
because i just watered
a second ago and
there is no growth
and nothing else has
happened so far.
there is still a crack in
one seed. there is no
germination.

Dec. 9
Nothing is happening
and I think I over
watered my plant and
that it is dead

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Marias Observations
and Data
Nov. 17

Nov. 18

Nov. 20

Soil is mushy and wet. The beans

are NOT growing. They are not
germinating. I think there are no
roots and NOTHING happening
to the beans. 2 beans are moving
to each other. No other info...

The soil is damp and squishy.

The roots are showing but
there are no roots!!! There are
some parts of mold. Plant is
not germinating. Or growing.
Maybe because I water every
day. I guess its too much
water. There are two tiny
twigs.

My plant is not
changing at all
so.. no news.

Dec. 4

Dec. 9

There is no growth or nothing

happening. I have no hope
about growing a plant. The
soil is humid and nothing will
grow.

The plant is not growing and is

not germinating. It is probably
dead so. I was wrong in my
hypothesis.

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Nov. 25
THERE IS NO PLANT
AND NO ROOTS
AND NO
GERMINATING AND
NOTHING!!!!!! I am so
sad and mad.
Well there is nothing
else so.. There
is a twig and there is
a tiny stalk. There is
also some mold

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Dec. 2
The soil is humid
since I watered this
morning. No
growth UGH. I
m so mad.
There is no
germination. I have a
little bit of spots.
No more
information.

Conclusion
All of our hypotheses were wrong. Because Susie's plant grew the tallest. And our
plants didnt grow at all. Susie watered her once a week and it grew 440
millimeters. Mine, Alecs and Marias plants died. Only Susies grew. Our hypotheses
were wrong but at least we had fun. So the answer for our question is the plant
thats watered the least grew the tallest.

Thanks!
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