Kwanza Bondar - 2020 Seed Germination Experiment Lab Report

Seed Germination Experiment Lab Report

Problem/Question (What question will your experiment be answering?) Does the amount of
sunlight affect plant growth? Will putting seeds in the darkness/sunshine inhibit or help their
growth?
Hypothesis: (What exactly are you proving or disproving with this experiment?)
I am proving that the amount of sunlight will matter and different kinds of seeds will
perform better in certain environments.

Experiment: [This is what you are doing with the seeds in the bags in different locations.]

Independent variable: Sunlight
Dependent variable: Growth
Steps:
1. Put mung beans in a container of water for 24 hours. Do the same with corn kernels.
2. Create Bags
-Grab a sandwich bag
-Mesure 4 centimeters from the top use a sharpie and make a mark
-Using a ruler and sharpe, draw a horizontal line from the previous mark.
-Take a paper towel and wet it.
- Place your paper towel in the bag. If your paper towel is larger than the bag you
may need to fold it.
-Place 3 of one kind of seed in the bag. They should be fairly spread out.
- Take a 3 paper clips and straighten them
- Using the paper clips ; create “lanes”. These lanes should help your seeds stay in
place.
- repeat the process for each bag you make. For this experiment you will need 4
bags
3. Place 1 bag of corn and 1 mung bean bag in a place that gets lots of sunshine. Place
the other 2 in a place that hardly gets any light

Observation: [This is what you are doing by measuring in the spreadsheet.] We are
observing how sunlight affects plant growth. Logically plants that have more sunlight should
grow larger than plants that have little sunlight, with few exceptions. But what I had not
thought about was how much safer it was inside than outside. My plants outside were eaten
by bugs. My plants inside got to grow in a safe environment inside my drawer. This brings
an interesting argument to the experiment. Is it better to have your plants outside with
greater sunlight but higher risks, or is better to have them inside in a much safer
environment with little sunlight.

Analysis: [Your graphs will be in your spreadsheet, and you will answer these questions
below, as you go through the experiment.]

A. Which seeds germinate first, the ones grown in the dark or the ones grown in the
light? The ones grown in the dark.
B. What part of the plant (roots or shoots) emerged from the seed first? Explain
why.The roots emerged first. I believe that this is because the roots are the ones to
absorb the water and because of such, they are needed to grow first.
C. Examine the roots carefully. What do you notice after a couple of days? The roots
branched out in multiple directions.
D. In which direction did the roots grow? Was this true for all seeds? In all of my seeds
the roots ended up going in all directions but that of the biggest root.
E. In which direction did the shoots grow? Was this true for all seeds?The shoots went
upwards for all my seeds.
F. For the seeds grown in the light, which grew faster the roots or the shoots? (Analyze
your data to really find out!) The ones that were outside were eaten by bugs.
G. For the seeds grown in the dark, which grew faster the roots or the shoots? The roots
grew at a much faster rate than the shoots.
H. Were there any colour differences between the seeds grown in the dark and the
seeds grown in the light? Explain. I did not notice any differences in color between the
seeds.

Conclusion: [ Did you prove or disprove your hypothesis? Why? And what were some
mistakes that happened in your experiment that the next scientist could know to avoid?]
I did prove part of my hypothesis. While I was not able to measure the effect sunlight levels
have on seeds; I did prove that the environment matters greatly to a seed's success. The
seeds inside were much more protected than the seeds outside. The seeds outside were
eaten by bugs. This shows another factor to be aware of when growing plants. While I
hypothesize that the seeds outside could grow larger than the ones inside; the deciding
factor between the two was ultimately the level of protection. The mistake I made was
having my seeds outside in an unprotected area. Perhaps if I had put them in a jar they
would have been safe from the bugs. My seeds inside my drawer grew just fine. The only
thing I would change on that end would be obtaining a better ruler to have more precise
measurements.

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