Sprout Race

Anna SchlosnagleGrade 6

Mrs. Fentress

Table of Contents1. Title2. Table of Contents3. Question4. Hypothesis5. Materials6. Procedures7. Conclusion8. Data9. Graph10. Bibliography

Question

• Which plant grows best under artificial light?

Hypothesis

• My hypothesis is that corn will grow the best, because the corn seeds are the biggest.

Materials• 5 corn seeds• 5 oat seeds• 5 soy bean seeds• grow light• warm water

• potting soil• 1 tablespoon• three small pieces of

paper to write the names of the seeds on

Procedures1. Write the names of soy beans, oats, and corn on three

pieces of paper 2. Put 6cm of potting soil in a seed tray (48cm by 32cm) 3. Plant 5 of each seed in the seed tray 4. Put a grow light 29cm over the soil5. First time watering water very well6. Water 3 tablespoons of water every 3 day7. Watch which type of plant grows best, or worst

Data ChartDay 0 Day 5 Day 9 Day 13

Soybeans 0 4 15 24

Oats 0 7.5 19.5 23

Corn 0 1 7.5 13.5

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Corn Oats Soybeans

Days After Planting

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Plant Heights 5, 9, 13 Days After Planting

• All of the seeds started growing during the first 5 days. The corn hardly grew the first 5 days of my project. Soybeans and Oats were about the same height during the end of my project.

Explanation of Chart & Graph

Seedlings Growing Under Artificial Light

Conclusion

I was wrong! The corn grew the least! The soybeans grew the best. After watching for a few days, I thought oats would grow best , but it came in 2nd. Soybeans and oats grew very fast. Corn did not grow very fast at all. Nothing went wrong with my experiment.

Bibliography

• World Book Encyclopedia• Books• Internet

The End