Experiment By: Samantha, Elena, Ellen, and Axel --

Question: (affect, effect, relates to) How do different colors of light affect the growth of
plants?
Rationale: (reason) To help gardeners grow plants better or faster.
What we know from our research: Orange, blue, and normal lights are very different and will
be interesting to experiment with. That plants grow in sun very well and sun is like yellow light.
We also know that blue lights stimulate stronger root growth, enhance photosynthesis and
ensure peak growth. We also found that lights between 400 and 700 nanometers provide
more photosynthesis than others. And orange light is in that range. Meanwhile blue light is in
that range. I found that bright light is good for plants and orange is bright.
Sites we used for research: https://gpnm.com/article/red-light-and-plant-growth/
https://www.gardeners.com/how-to/gardening-under-lights/5080.html
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/plant-light-spectrum-growing-flowering-plants-72801.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_spectrum

Our Hypothesis:(Ends in a period)

RH- I think that the plant under orange light will grow faster because orange is bright and
bright light helps plant get stronger and orange provides photosynthesis.
Material:
1. Blue Light
2. Normal Light
3. Orange Light
4. 2 Pea Plant Seeds per cup
5. Cups
6. 15 milliliters water per cup
7. ½ cup soil per cup
8. Tin Foil
Steps for our experiment:
1. Get ½ cup of soil, 15 milliliters water, 2 pea plant seeds in each cup you will need to
grow 3 plants
2. You will need tin foil for the lights so the light does not escape and so it shines directly
on the light.
3. We will put the ½ cup soil in the cup first, then the 2 seeds in the soil, then after put the
15 milliliters water in.
4. Find and plug in the 3 lamps for the plants.
5. Get blue, orange and normal bulbs from the teacher
6. Screw the orange, blue and normal bulbs on to the lamps.
7. Put the plants under the different lights
8. Wait a few weeks and change tin foil every 3 days.
9. Water 15 milliliters every 2 days so soil will stay moist.
10. Always Keep light on.
11. Wrap the tinfoil around the lamp so plant is wrapped inside foil and light.

Names of experts we contacted: (researchers in your field of study)

Conclusion

Looking at our results, it’s clear that our original hypothesis was that the ones in orange light will grow faster because
orange is bright and bright light helps plant get stronger and orange provides photosynthesis. One way we know it is
wrong is that because the blue one grew bigger. We think this happened because the lights were very different in
nanometers. Another interesting that that happened was that the plant under the white light did not grow. I think this was
because the white light might not have much nanometers. In conclusion, it turns out that the orange light is the same 7in
as the blue light, but the blue light is wider, and the white light has no growth. If I were to do this again, two things I would
change would be that we would do more plants to check our experiment and that we would pick lights with nanometers
that are more different.
PICS

Oct. 17, 2018 10:10 am

What we see Days past Difference

B light: 2 ½ centimeters 1 week B vs O is ½ centimeter difference

O light: 2 centimeters 1 week O vs W is 2 centimeter difference

W light: no growth 1 week W vs B is 2 ½ centimeter difference

Oct 19 2018 2:30 pm

What we see Days past

B light: 1st plant 4 centimeters 2nd plant 2 centimeters 2 days

light: 3 ½ centimeters 2 days W light: no growth

W light: no growth blue light: 2plants, 7c, 3c

o light: 2 plants: 7c, 2c.