Plant+Project

__**Factors that affect plant growth:**__
__**Physical Environment:**__ temperature light-spectrum (color), distance, type of bulb gravity volume of soil/seed soil-texture, porosity, structure

__**Chemical Environment:**__ water air (open/closed system) nutrients (fertilizer) organics (carbon containing) toxins soil (potting mixes, sandy, etc...)

__**Biotic Environment:**__ relationship with other organisms competition with other plants herbivores pollinators (how often, with what)

__**Genetic Environment:**__ can you change the look of your plants within a few generations?

Resources: [|WFP Growth, Development and Reproduction Booklet]

[|WFP website] (go to "How to Grow")

[|Paul's Sandbox]

[|Planting Science]

[|Bottle Bio video]

Your lab writeup should include what you are trying to test with your experiment, measurements, watering and lighting system(s), and the environment you grow them. Pictures are a must--use your camera phone, chromebook or other device to record evidence and put the photos in your report.