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THE MEAN GREEN [ish kinda] GROWING MASHINES :]]]]

Our experament in a REAL LIFE situation: Our experament remindes me of potato plants, because my dad and I had some potatoes and we left them on the counter and never used them Eventually they started to grow weird stems. they were next to the window and we realized that the stems were mostly on one side of the potatos, the side closest to the window. This is related to our project because it shows that light does effect to how a plant grows. Not only how much it grows but what direction it grows in also. the light seems to be an attraction to the plant, and in our experement we will see that if you have a diffrent amount of light for each of the same plant if it effects the growth or if it grows torward the light more or less.

Our Goal: Our goal for this investigation is just to get the plants growing, to mark down data everyday, and keep recording how the light will effect the plant. We expect to see some progress in the plants and have them grow atleast a little bit so we can prove that the light does effect which way the plant grows.

Our Expectations: We will be expecting the plant to grow according to Phototropism. Since phototropism is the responce of a plant from light, we will be looking closly at that. we hope that the plant will grow torwards the light as much as it can.

Measurments: we will mesure, not only the amount of light that it gets but how much it grows and how much progress it is making. The dependent Variable will be the plant since all of us are giving them the same amout of light source and water each time. and our independent variable is The light. It will be measured on how much we give to the plant. Liza is going to make the largest hole for the plant int the box. I will make the middle sized hole for the plant. And Maddie will make the smallest hole for the plant.

List of Materials and Sketch of the Setup:
 * Scissors
 * Tape
 * Cardboard box [or shoebox]
 * Pieces of cardboard
 * 4 bean seeds for each maze
 * small flower pot
 * soil
 * 1) Get a cardboard box or a shoebox and each of us ( Liza, Me, and Maddie)
 * 2) Make dividers out of cardboard for the shoe box and stick them in.
 * 3) Get a pot and plant 4 bean seeds into soil.
 * 4) Water the pot.
 * 5) Make a hole in the box at one side.
 * 6) Put the pot at the opposite side of the hole.
 * 7) Close the box so no light gets in besides the light from the hole.
 * 8) Check on it every other day to see how much it had grown also water it.
 * 9) repeat steps 7 and 8 for about 2 weeks

__SAFTEY FIRST!!!__
 * Be Careful Of the Hot Lamp!**
 * Don’t Get the Cords Wet!**
 * Be Careful With Scissors When Cutting Box!**

This was our progress on a graph...



my expextations were the same because we did see some progress in this project, and we didnt see any simularity because we didnt et as much progress as we would have liked.

Question(s) for investigation: Does the amount of light effect on how a plant can grow? If there is more light added to a plant, will it grow more towards it?