Plant Observations #1

My class has been working on plants. We had to come up with a question. And my groups question was: If we put mountain dew on the plant would it grow taller. Because mountain dew has lot’s of sugar in it and plants produce sugar so we thought it would be a fun experiment. My hypothesis was that it would not grow taller. We had a manipulated and a controlled plant The manipulated plant was with mountain dew not water. And our control on was with water.

The first day nothing happened to both of the plants. And the second day the controlled one grew a little sprout. The third day it was the same.The 4th day the controlled one was an inch. And on the fifth day it was an inch and a quarter. And now the manipulated plant didn’t grow at all and the controlled one is an inch and a quarter. We had 1 problem and the problem was someone accidentally spilled mountain dew on the controlled plants leaf and then it died. Every day we take observations of the plant and measure the plant. And every end and start of the day someone waters the controlled with regular water, and the manipulated one with mountain dew. And we do 2 drops for the manipulated and controlled plant. I wonder what will happen next. I predict that the controlled plant will grow a lot and look beautiful. And I think nothing will ever happen to the manipulated plant. I think the manipulated plant isn’t growing because it has caffeine and 77 grams of sugar and corn syrup. I wonder what will happen next.

 

This was my controlled plant from about 5 days ago.

 

This is my manipulated plant from about 5 days ago.