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Experiments With Plants

Plants and Sunlight

1. Place some cress seeds in 6 different pots with soil.
2. Give them light and water them every day to grow normally for a few days.
3. Take 3 of the pots the cress and put it in a dark cupboard or room.
4. Take 3 pots and leave them with enough light.
5. Water both sets of pots everyday.
6. Observe the results after 1 week.

Plants and Water

1. Place some cress seeds in 6 different pots with soil.
2. Give them light and water them every day to grow normally for a few days.
3. Mark 3 of the pots to be watered.
4. Mark the other 3 not to be watered.
5. Water half of the pots everyday.
6. Observe the results after 1 week.

Plants and Nutrients

1. Place some cress seeds into 3 pots with soil.
2. Place the same number of cress seeds into some pots with cotton wool.
3. Water the pots everyday.
4. Observe the pots after 1 week.

Plants and Air

1. Place a plant with a 10cm stem into a bell jar.
2. Use a vacuum pump to remove the air from the bell jar.
3. Observe the changes to the plant.

Germination and Water

1. Get 2 pots with cotton wool in them.
2. Place 10 cress seeds in each pot.
3. Water 1 pot every day but do not water the other pot.
4. Observe the pots after 1 week.

Germination and Temperature

1. Get 2 pots with cotton wool in them.
2. Place 10 cress seeds in each pot.
3. Place 1 pot in a fridge with a glass door, so light can get in.
4. Place the other pot on top of the same fridge.
5. Observe the pots after 1 week.