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 Topic :  Plants & Magnets

 Problem  :  Do Magnets Affect Radish Plant Growth?

Materials :
 * 3 magnets
 * 1 shop light
 * 3 pots
 * 6 radish seeds
 * 1 water dropper
 * 1 tray
 * 12 (cup) potting soil
 * 1 timer
 * tap water

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Hypothesis : I believe that magnets will affect radish plant growth. Since plants have contain iron and iron is very magnetic, the plants will lean towards the magnets.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">Procedure :

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">1. Gather materials. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">2. Put the correct 2 cups of soil in the pot. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">3. Then place one of the magnets in the middle of a pot with the north end facing up. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">4. Then you must plant 2 seeds in each hole. Plant the seeds <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">about <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">2 centimeters away from the magnets and centimeters deep. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">5. Do this with all of the pots. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">6. Place the pots on the trays. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">7. Turn on the shop light. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">8. Hang the shop light from the ceiling or from two chairs. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">9. Place the tray with the pots on them under the shop light. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">10. Turn on the light. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">11. Give each pot 1/2 a cup of water to get the soil moist. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">12. Give each plant fifty drops of water each day for four weeks. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">13. Set the timer to turn the light off at 7:30 P.M and turn the light on at 7:30 A.M. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">14. Examine the plants at least once every other day after the first week. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">15. Then collect the data that you need.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%; line-height: normal;">﻿Data : <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">


 * || Week one || Week two || Week three || Week four || Results ||
 * Pot one || The second one to grow. It's growing tremendously tall and healthy. || It's starting to grow bigger and taller. || The pot has started to grow tiny leaves and the roots have started to become red. || It has not fully grown but the stems are red and more leaves have started to form. || Throughout the past weeks, all of the plants have been growing tremendously healthy. In this pot, I have mistakenly put two seeds next to each other. Even so, they still grew. It is the smallest throughout all the pots. I will continue to water them even though I have finished the project. ||
 * Pot two || The first one to grow and is the tallest. || Sometimes leans to the side but after being watered, it goes back to normal. || It was the same results with this pot; the pot has started to grow many tiny leaves and the roots have also started to become red. || I accidently planted three seeds in this pot, so one of them are still growing and the other two are taller than the one. || As I have said, pot two was the first one to start growing and is the tallest out of all three. But after a couple weeks, it became the second tallest. I was extremely happy when I first saw that the plants have started to grow. More leaves have started to grow and become fuzzy in this pot. This pot has the most leaves than the other two. I will continue to water them even if I have finished my project. ||
 * Pot three || The last one to grow but is growing rapidly and catching up to the others. || The plants inside the pot are growing very tall. || In this pot, the roots were redder than the others. But, it has the same results as the other two pots; the pot has started to grow tiny leaves and the roots have become very red. || One of the roots are pink and the other one is red. It is growing and the leaves have started to become fuzzy. || In pot three, I noticed that there were yellow things growing too. I did not know what it was. The leaves in this pot have also started to become fuzzy. Pot three was the last one to grow but it is the tallest now. The roots are very red and one of the roots in pot three are pink. I will continue to water them even though I am done my project. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%; line-height: normal;">﻿Conclusion : <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">﻿My hypothesis was that the plants would lean towards the magnets. The results indicate that it was half and half. Sometimes, the plants would lean towards the magnets but after being watered, they return back to their normal state. The plants that were near the magnets only grew taller. Because of the results of this experiment, I wondered if the same would be true for other plant species. I also wonder if a more powerful magnet would have a greater affect.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: normal;">Journal Entry!

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;">﻿April 2, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Today, I went to Walmart with my father to buy my supplies that I needed for this science fair project. I found everything I needed except water dropper, magnets, and radish seeds. But after minutes of looking for radish seeds, I finally found them! So, my father and I eventually got home and I left my materials in the kitchen den. I will be starting my project as soon as I have all of my supplies.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">April 3, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 21px;">I am still looking for some magnets and a water dropper. I went to a few places to check if they had them but I could not find any.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 21px;">April 4, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I moved my materials back to the living room because the desk was too small. I have not yet started my science fair project. I need to still collect some materials. I will ask Mrs. Kots if I can borrow some of her water droppers. I hope she will say yes. During the next week, I hope to get a display board so I can display my work when it's time.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">April 5, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Today, I asked Mrs. Kots if I could borrow her water dropper for my science fair project. She said yes but I must return it to her when the science fair is over. So, I have a water dropper! I also asked her if she had cow magnets. She said no, but told me to use any kind of magnets. Later on when I came home, I asked my father if he could drive me to get some materials for my project. He told me he could drive me tomorrow because he was busy today. So, I will be collecting the last pieces for my project tomorrow and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">will be starting my project sometime this week.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">April (6-12), 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">I HAVE GOTTEN MY MAGNETS! It took me so long to find them! My father and I drove to Dollar Store and Walmart but couldn't find any! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> I was furious. I asked one of the helpers at Walmart if he could tell me where to get magnets. I was surprised that they didn't have any. He told me that they ran out and told me to try Home Depot. I tried Staples first, ha ha. I asked a helper there if he could SHOW me where the magnets were. It was quicker that way. So, I found six tiny magnets that would fit inside the pot. I have also bought a display board for my project. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">I have not been posting my journal entries day by day because I have been busy. Currently, I have completed all the steps up until the 13th. Every day, I've been watering my seeds 50 times with a water dropper. I really hope that I can see at least one tiny plant growing tomorrow or later on. I would be very excited if it starts to grow.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">April 12, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">A PLANT GREW! When I got home from school today, the first thing I did was water my plants. But what I noticed was I SAW A PLANT STARTING TO GROW! It was only growing in one pot though. I got very excited and even told my dad. I took several pictures and will be including it in my journal. I can see that my experiment is working and I am going to keep trying so that all of the plants and grow. I hope that more will grow tomorrow! I will continue to water them. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">ANOTHER PLANT IS STARTING TO GROW IN THE SECOND POT! I was doing my homework and I went to check my plants. To my surprise, a plant started to grow! At night, I checked it once more. All of my plants are growing! I am so happy that my experiment is working!

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">April 13, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">It's morning and I have not watered my plants yet. I can see that two plants are growing in one pot, one is growing in one, and the same with the other one. I will water my plants after I come home from school. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">I came home from school today and went to check on my plants. All of them are starting to grow. In one pot, two of the plants are growing very tall. In another pot, I noticed that one of them starts to lean to the magnets. I can see that the change is working! After being watered, however, it returns to its normal state. I will be waiting for some results later on.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">// April 14, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">On school days, I water my plants after I come home from school. On weekends, I water them around the same times I come home from school. So, today was a school day so I watered my plants after I came home. The plants are growing very tall. The same thing happened again; in one pot, one of the plants are leaning towards the magnet.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">//April 15, 2011 -//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">For the past two weeks, I have been watering my plants 50 times with a water dropper. Every day, they start to grow tremendously bigger and taller. I will be starting my abstract and data chart pretty soon and also will be adding pictures between the journal dates as soon as I am finished. Please wait for the finished work.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">//April 16, 2011 -//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Today, I told myself that I was going to do as much as I can on this science fair project. I have watered my plants already. So, I have done a data chart so far and I am starting my abstract. I am still waiting for some results so I can do a conclusion. As you can see, I added some pictures of my plants growing between the first and second week. I am going to buy a journal possibly today or tomorrow if I can. I will be decorating the journal book as if it was my diary. I will be adding - 1. Photos I took of the plants, 2. Materials I used for this science fair project, and 3. Ideas about how I will decorate and place the items on my display science board.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">April 17, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Last night, I was checking my plants and I saw two of the plants bending towards the magnets. I guess the experiment is working. I watered them this morning and they are growing taller and taller everyday. I finished my abstract yesterday; I still need a conclusion and the rest. The max was 250 words but when I counted, they were about 260 words. I cannot get my journal today because my parents are busy. I will ask my parents tomorrow if I can go get a journal book. I will be uploading pictures between the third and fourth week.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">April 18, 2011 - // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Today, I asked my parents if I could go get the journal book for my science project. I went to Roses to get the book and it looks really nice. I will be re-writing the journal enteries in the book sometime this week. I will also start my display book sometime this week or the Easter break. I have watered my plants and they are growing taller and taller. They have also been leaning towards the magnets that I have placed in there.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">April 19, 2011 - // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I have edited my abstract today. It has everything that I need except for the conclusion. After the fourth week, I will be finishing my abstract and typing it up with a cover. I will also be adding five more pictures between the third and fourth week showing how tall the plants are growing. They are also leaning towards the magnets.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">April 20, 2011 - // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">After school, I typed up my abstract and is still waiting for the final result. I have also typed up my abstract cover and will be including it with the abstract when its finished. My plants have been growing and are still very healthy. I will be working on the journal book during the Spring Break.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">// April (21-22) 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Today, I watered my plants and saw that the stems are red! That means that the radishes will be coming soon. My plants will not be completely finished growing when I'm done this project because it takes more than four weeks for a plant to grow. I have also started re-writing everything I wrote on here onto the journal book. I will continue to write more tomorrow.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 23px;">//April (23-25) 2011 -//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Throughout the three days, I will be designing my science display board. I will be adding 1-5 pictures of how my board is going.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 23px;">//April 26, 2011 -//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">My science fair project display board looks so pretty! It took me about two hours to decorate the border, design the words and print everything out! Even though it took long, I am satisfied with it! I have also added decorations at the corners of the board. By the end of this week, I will be posting about three pictures of how my science fair project is going. I have also re-written the journal book. Not all of it, but some. I will continue with the board and journals later on.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 23px;">//April. 27, 2011 -//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">I am still working on my science fair project. Yesterday was the day that I finished re-writing all of my journals. I will continue to write until April 30th, or May 1.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">April 28 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 23px;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">, 2011 - //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">My plant's stems growing very red and healthy. I have decorated my board and will finish up the data and conclusion soon.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">All I need left is : <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">I will hand in my complete science fair project on May 2, 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">conclusion for abstract
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">cover for abstract
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">data & conclusion on board
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">check / fix everything

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 23px;">//April 29, 2011 -//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Today, I have finished my abstract and cover. I printed those out so, I am done. What I have left is : conclusion, data, pictures on display board, and some sticky notes at the bottom. I also need to finish decorating the board. I will try to complete it by tomorrow.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">Pictures :

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">These are the pictures that I haven taken between the first and second week. I have also added pictures from the third and fourth which is the final week for this project.



In this first picture, you can see one plant starting to grow in the left pot of the image. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">



In the second picture, you can see that the plants are starting to grow in all the pots.



In the third picture, you can see that the plants have started to grow their leaves. This was after I watered them.



In the fourth picture, you can see that the plants are growing tall and healthy.



In the fifth picture, they are the same as the last picture I took; only a little taller.



In the sixth picture, you can see that the plants are growing taller.



In the seventh picture, you can see that more leaves have started to develop and that the stems are red.



In the eighth picture, you can see that it's about the same as the seventh only with more leaves forming.



In this last picture, you can see that the stems are red, and there are more leaves in the second pot (left one) then the other two. The tallest one is the third pot (right one). You can also tell that the shortest and smallest pot is the first pot (top one). They are not fully grown but I will continue to water them.