When using table salt (sodium chloride) and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to create saline and alkali soils, you can observe the germination and growth of grass leaves at increasing levels of salt and ph.
Then you can treat the salt/alkali effected soils with "leaching" and observe plant growth..
Many botanists do experiments to determine how plants convert simple chemical compounds into more complex chemicals.
They may even study how genetic information in DNA controls plant development..
Phycology.Phytochemistry.Forestry.Plant morphology.Phytopathology.Plant anatomy..
The plant-growth experiment is an example of a factorial experiment.
A factorial experiment consists of several factors (seed, water) which are set at different levels, and a response variable (plant height)..
Herbs like basil, mint, and thyme work well in classrooms because they grow quickly, as does aloe vera, which requires hardly any maintenance..
Botany and Biology science experiments you can do at home! Click on the experiment image or the view experiment link below for each experiment on this page to see the materials needed and procedure.
Have fun trying these experiments at home or use them for SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS.
Mold Is Amazing… And Important! .
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In the Dissect a Flower activity, students take flowers apart piece by piece to learn more about the parts of a flower and see what parts different flowers have in common. 2.
Pigments in Leaves In the Find the Hidden Colors of Leaves activity, students use paper chromatography to explore pigmentation in leaves. 3.
Growing Plants without Soil .
Students will identify the parts of a microscope.
Students will observe, manipulate, write and memorize.
Students will also compute total magnification of the objective lenses.
The lab can be modified to suit higher grade levels using the attached handouts for various observation stations.
