Do plants like music?
Field Trips
Hypothesis: If a plant "listens" to music, then its growth will not be affected.
Materials:
 | one package of cress seeds |
| two identical plant pots |
| 4 cups potting soil |
| labels |
| 100ml water |
| a sunny place |
| a quiet room |
| a radio |
| camera |
Procedure:
- Fill each pot with 3/4 cup of soil
- Sprinkle each pot with 1 Tbs seeds
- Cover the seeds with 1/4 cup soil
- Water each pot with 50 ml water
- Place pots next to each other in a sunny place
- Label one plant A and the other B
- Water each plant with 50 ml water every other day
- Place plant A in the quiet room for one hour each day
- Remove plant A and replace it with plant B in the quiet room
- Leave plant B in thhe room with the radio on for one hour each day
- Repeat steps 7 - 10 for ten days, taking a picture of the plants each day
Results: Click here to see the growth of the plants