Science Fair Projects On How Music Influences Plant Growth
Developing an interesting science fair project is not as easy as it sounds. It requires taking a seemingly boring project, such as a plant growth project, and infusing it with an interesting angle, such as how music influences growth patterns in plants. If you are interested in developing this type of science fair project then these tips will be helpful.
Tip #1 - Find the Right Type of Plant to Work With
The first component of a good plant growth experiment is to work with a plant that grows fast enough to be practical for your science fair project, and secondly that has a fairly predictable rate of growth. Vegetable plants work great for these types of projects because they germinate and mature within a two or three month period. They also have very predictable growth processes and life cycles.
Tip #2 - Design Your Growing Environment
It is important to design your growing environments so that music exposure will be the only thing that is different between the various experiments. This means that each test growing environment will have the same exposure to sunlight and dark, the same internal temperature and the same humidity level. To ensure your results are valid you will need to monitor all of these elements.
Tip #3 - Set Up a Control Experiment
In order to determine how various types of music impacts the growth of your plants you need something to compare your experiment results to. This is why you need a control test group. This group will be exposed to normal growing conditions. In this case the control plants will be set up in a standard growing environment like your other experiment plants, but it will not be exposed to any music.
Tip #4 - Figure Out What to Test
The final tip is to figure out what to test in your experiment. You have several choices. Your first choice is to see if the type of music influences plant growth. Your second option is to determine if the amount of music exposure impacts plant growth. Finally you can see if the volume of the music played impacts plant growth.
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