Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Dry Lab

Procedure:
1. we cut out 10 circle liked spinach leaves
2.Then we filled the syringes half way with baking soda
3.Then oxygen was sucked out of the leaves and we waited for them to sink
4.Finally we put them in front of the light and waited for them to float up

Research:
Photosynthesis is a procedure used by plants and other organisms to covert the light energy it gets and into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organism. in the lab i saw photosynthesis accrue  during the lab when we have put the leafs in front of the light the spinach leafs had floated to the top of the syringe because of photosynthesis because when the light hit the syringe the leaf would react to the heat produced from the light and rise up but it did take a while for it to rise

Materials
1. syringe
2.spinach leaf
3 Baking soda
4. Red and Blue plastic cup
5. bright light
6. hole puncher or material that can make circled leafs

Graph:

When we put the leafs in the syringe surrounded by the red film and put it in front of the light photosynthesis occurred faster than baking soda and the blue film we originally thought adding a lot of baking soda would increase the thought of photosynthesis but it ended up being the 2nd best at photosynthesis and the reason the blue film was the lowest was because the film its self is darker and it is harder for the light to penetrate thought the dark blue film and its a lot easier for it to go through the red film

Reflection: The thing i would do differently is add a more intense light to see an increase in time for photosynthesis to happen it took around almost ten minutes for the first leaf to rise up next time i attempt this lab i am aiming for a shorter time and faster rise of leafs


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