Drew

=Plant Accelerator=

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** I. Introduction **
=**A. My experiment is about the acceleration from water and trying to find some kind of other accelerator to make the plant grow the same amount a it does with water.**=

= **II. Questions** = =**A. Is this experiment going to change the way my family or I waters our plants?**= =**B. Is the Gatorade or the Pop going to accelerate the plant more as opposed to water?**=

= = = **III. Hypothesis** = =A. My Hypothesis is that the plant with the Gatorade is going to make the plant grow more just because of the nutrients in the Gatorade and the amount of water contents in the Gatorade.=

= **IV. Materials and Methods** = =** A. **Three of the same plant. Making sure the soil and plant are the exact same.= =** B. **Will need a measuring cup to get the same amount of Gatorade, pop, and water for the specified plant each day. This will also need to be done at the same time.= =** C. **Tape measure to measure the height of the plant.= =** D. **Make sure each plant has the same amount of light.= =E. Make sure the plants stay at the same temperature.= =**F. I will need a thermometer to make sure the plants stay at the same temperature.**= =G. I will need a camera.=

= V. Results = =A. The Results of my experiment was that the plant with the Pop looked almost dead because all of the leaves were drooping so bad that they were touching the ground. The plant that I used Gatorade on wasn't as droopy as the pop plant but it was still droopy! But there was a significant difference with the water plant because the water plant was standing as straight as a board.=

= **VI. Conclusions** =

A. The conclusion of my experiment was that the water still works the best as an accelerator!
= VII. Procedures =

=A. First I had to put together all of the materials that I will need and write them down on a piece of paper!= = = =In this case I needed a tape measure, three Diffenbachia plants that are about the same size, Dr. Pepper 8 oz. bottle, Gatorade 8oz. bottle, tap water, and a 1/3 cup marker= =B. Then I had to go to the store and buy these things.= =C. After I was done buying the plants from Wal-mart I had to water them all the same on the first day because I didn't know when they last got watered at Wal-mart and I had to make sure that I only watered them 1/3 cup of what I needed to water them with.= =D. I put them all in the same amount of sunlight= =E. Next day I took the plants into my classroom and put them in the same windowsill and I checked to make sure I didn't need to water them again by putting your hand in the soil.= =F. If they need watered I watered them and then put them right back in the windowsill in about a dayI had to water my plants again.= =G. I kept checking on them throughout the day making sure they are all ok and if there are any sudden changes= =I made sure all of the Pop, Gatorade and water are cold and in the same temperature because we don't want to throw anything off if that would have anything to do with it.= =H. Around two or three days there was a slight change in the plants but I made sure I kept watering them the same= =I. I was nearing a weekend so on Friday before I left my school I made sure I watered them extra good so they would last over the weekend.= =J. When I came back there was a big change in the plants.= =K. The pop plant should look like someone just came in and stomped on it= =L. The Gatorade plant should look like someone just put their hand on top of it= =M. And the water plant should look just perfect and standing straight up= =N. After that I took some pictures and made sure I had everything documented!=

= **VIII. References** =

=="BDH_003 :: PlantingScience.org :: fostering student research through scientific inquiry and online mentorship." //PlantingScience.org :: fostering student research through scientific inquiry and online mentorship//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2010. .==

=="Science for Kids: science experiment, plastic pots, watering plants." //Expert Archive Questions//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2010. .==

= IX. Background Research =

=== //Dieffenbachia// plants can grow outdoors in tropical climates, but specimens kept as houseplants must be kept indoors during most of the year outside the tropics. Temperatures below about 5˚C (40˚F) can kill the plant. ===

=== The leaves absorb sunlight and “breathe in” carbon dioxide. The roots absorb water and mineral salts, which the xylem transports to the leaves. The chlorophyll now has all it needs to make the sugars, which the phloem transports around the plant. ===