Monday, February 2, 2009

Experiments on Germination of Seeds - Day 1 to 8 (End of Experiment)

Objective of the experiments:
To determine on what the seeds need for germination to take place.

Process:
Teacher to elicit from pupils on the above and to get the pupils to design on the below setups for confirmation.

Pupils' inputs upon elicitation prior the experiment:
The seeds need air, water, sunlight and warmth for germination to take place.

Set up 1 - Air + Water + Sunlight (in front of the window)

Day 1 - Start of experiment

Day 2 - Not much change except for the softening of the seed coat
Day 3 - About the same as day 2

Day 4 - The seeds started to sprout. :)

Day 6 - Roots are longer by now.

Day 8 - The plants have grown taller.

Set up 2 - Limited Air (air tight container) + water + sunlight (in front of window)

Day 1

Day 2 - Sprouting took place (Do you know why?)
Day 3 - The roots are getting longer

Day 4 - The shoots and the leaves appeared.
Can you identify them? Are you also able to identify the seed leave?
Day 6 - Wow... they have grown so tall! :)
Day 8 - They are getting taller by each day! :)

Set up 3 - Limited Air (as suggested by pupils) + Water + Sunlight (Placed in front of the window)

Day 1

Day 2 - One of the seeds sprouted (Do you know why?)
Day 3 - The other four seeds also sprouted
Day 4 - The first seed to sprout has its shoot and leaves now.
Day 6 - All have sprouted and are able to see the shoots and leaves now.
Day 8 - They are getting taller by each day! :)

Set up 4 - Very limited Air (Tried to squeeze out all the air) + Water + Sunlight (Placed in front of the window)

Day 1

Day 2 - Seeds sprouted!!!! (Why?)

Day 3 - The roots are longer now, and water vapour can be seen on the surface of the bag
Day 4 - I can see the shoot, seed leave and leaves now.
As the inital bag is too small, I had to move the plants to another bigger bag.
Day 6 - They are growing fast. :)

Day 8 - They have grown surprisingly big by day 8.

Set up 5 - Air + Water + No Sunlight (Placed inside the computer console)

Day 1

Day 2 - No visible change at the moment
Day 3 - No visible change at the moment
Day 4 - No visible change at the moment.
Day 6 - Yay!!! They have finally sprouted! :) Wow! They can germinate even at dark places!
Day 8 - They are getting taller by each day.

Set up 6 - Air + Water + No warmth (Placed inside the fridge)

Day 1

Day 2 - No visible change at the moment

Day 3 - No visible change at the moment
Day 4 - No visible change at the moment.
Day 6 - No visible change at the moment.
Day 8 - Wow!!!! Three of the five seeds have sprouted in the fridge!!!!
What do you think happen?

Set up 7 - Air + No Water (Dry cotton pad) + Sunlight (Placed in front of the window)

Day 1

Day 2 - No visible change at the moment
Day 3 - No visible change at the moment

Day 4 - No visible change at the moment.
Day 6 - No visible change at the moment.
Day 8 - The seeds have not germinated.

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