Growing Beans
Investigation Lab
Purpose:
-The purpose of this lab is to investigate which color of light plants grow best under
Procedure:
-Get into groups of 4
-Each group is going to pick a different color light bulb
-Green
-Red
-Blue
-Orange
-White light
-Each group will take a planting tray.
-You are to fill your tray with potting soil.
-Once the tray is filled with potting soil plant 3 beans in each of the 6 tray pods.
-To plant the beans push them 1inch into the soil
-Then set your tray on a table with your colored light 2 feet above of the tray
-Now water your plants
-One person from your group will have to water your beans every block 6
Lab Report:
-We are going to write a lab report based on the scientific method
Observation:
-What have you observed about plants?
Question:
-What is the question you are trying to test
Prediction and Hypothesis:
-What do you predict will happen?
-What is your hypothesis?
Research:
-In this section you would research all you can about your topic before you conduct your experiment but I want us to conduct this experiment without any research. In stead I want you to write down your background knowledge on plants and photosynthesis
Experiment:
-How are you going to test your hypothesis?
Methods:
-A methods section is a step by step (recipe style) description on how you are setting up your experiment. It needs to be written in a way that anyone who reads it can follow the same procedures in order to replicate your experiment.
-Variables:
-What are the variables that could affect
-Measurements
-How are you going to measure your data? What are you going to measure and what data would it take to support your hypothesis?
Data:
Conclusion: