Science Fair 2010
Grades 7-8
Name: Jake Cardelfe
Date: 3-24-10
Science Fair Hypothesis Assignment
1.
2.
3.
4.
Identify your approved question and purpose (from Assignment 1) .
QUESTION
PURPOSE
Do colored lights affect the plant’s Do colored lights affect the plant’s growth?
growth?
Identify what you already know about this topic from previous knowledge.
(Alone = minimum of two facts, Pair = minimum of four facts, 3 or more = minimum of 6 facts)
FACTS I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC FROM PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL HELP ME KNOW THE
POSSIBLE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION
Grass is an easy plant to grow.
Different types of water can affect the plants growth.
Photosynthesis helps the plants growth.
Sometimes the color of light can affect how fast the solar powered car goes.
Artificial light is worse than natural light.
Temperature can affect the plants growth.
*Add more rows as needed. Put one fact in each row.
Research additional facts that may give you an idea about what the possible answer to the question is.
Include the source where you got the information.
(Alone = minimum of two facts, Pair = minimum of four facts, 3 or more = minimum of 6 facts)
FACTS I RESEARCHED
SOURCE OF INFORMATION
THAT WILL HELP ME
KNOW THE POSSIBLE
ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION
Does gas affect a
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_fast_does_oil_and_gasoline_affect_plant_growth
plant’s growth?
Does the type of soil
http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2006/Projects/S1619.pdf
affect a plant’s
growth?
Does humidity affect
http://www.jasons-indoor-guide-to-organic-and-hydroponics-gardening.com/plant-growthplant growth?
and-humidity.html
Does gravity affect
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/To_discover_how_gravity_can_affect_plant_growth_in_geotropism
plant growth?
What makes a plant
http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-plant-hanging-upsidedown-tomatoes/
grow faster it being
upside down or right
side up?
Do magnets affect a
http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/tips-tricks-techniques-experiments/4917-canplant’s growth?
magnets-affect-plant-growth.html
Science Fair 2010
Grades 7-8
*Add more rows as needed. Put one fact in each row.
5.
Describe all the possible outcomes that could occur in your experiment.
POSSIBLE OUTCOMES THAT COULD OCCUR IN THE EXPERIMENT
If I find that colored light affects its growth, then I know the answer to the question is it does affect its
growth.
If I find that colored lights don’t affect plants growth, then I know the answer to the question is it doesn’t
affect its growth.
If I find that the temp of light affects its growth, then I know the answer to the question is it affects its
growth.
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6.
State your hypothesis by choosing one of the possible outcomes from # 5.
HYPOTHESIS
I think that I will find that the colored lights affect the plant growth, therefore the answer to the question
will be that red colored lights do affect the plants growth more then blue, green, and yellowed colored
lights..
7.
List several reasons that support the hypothesis that you made in # 6. Get these from # 2, 3, 4.
(Alone = minimum of reasons facts, Pair = minimum of four reasons, 3 or more = minimum of 6 reasons)
REASONS THAT SUPPORT
SOURCE OF REASON
THE HYPOTHESIS I CHOSE
Different types of water can Previous knowledge
affect the plants growth.
Does the type of soil affect
http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2006/Projects/S1619.pdf
a plant’s growth?
What makes a plant grow
http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-plant-hanging-upsidedown-tomatoes/
faster it being upside down
or right side up?
Does gas affect a plant’s
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_fast_does_oil_and_gasoline_affect_plant_growth
growth?
Artificial light is worse than Previous knowledge
natural light.
Temperature can affect the Previous knowledge
plants growth.
*Add more rows as needed. Put one reason in each row.