BasilBy: Connor McClelland, Colleen Pettit, Jose Alva, and Meghan BarcinskiMr. Martell, Period 3, Science

Which plant grows better in light or dark?•We think that the plant in the dark will

grow faster than the one in the light.•We will be showing the progress of our

plants and how fast they grow.

Basil or Ocimum Basilicum

Stem

Leaf

Roots

Photosynthesis occurs here

Function: Protection from insects, bacteria, and fungi The plant grows more with organic compounds

Some common uses for basil are:

•Tomato sauce, pesto, and vinegars.

3 things that can affect the growth of our plant

•Some bugs will eat the leaves of the basil plant , and then the leaves will die.•Just like most other plants a lack of water will affect the basil plants growth.•Also, since basil needs to be grown in full sun, little sunlight will affect the plants growth.

Photosynthesis

Helps plants generate sugars.Occurs in the chloroplasts of plant cells.The xylem is important because it replaces water.The chemical reaction is the forming of sugars.

Procedures and Methods• During this investigation

we watered the plants when needed and measured their height.

Chart

11/1

/201

1

12/1

/201

1

14/1

/201

1

18/1

/201

1

19/1

/201

1

24/1

/201

1

25/1

/201

1

28/1

/201

1

31/1

/201

1

1/2/

2011

00.5

11.5

22.5

33.5

4

Basil Growth

Light (cm)

Date

Len

gh

t (c

m)

Observations:

• Our light plant grew towards the light, because of a process called phototropism.

• Our plants roots grew into the soil because of positive geotropism.

• We saw that our dark plants had yellow leaves and white stems while the light plants leaves were green with green stems.

SummaryIn our research we learned that

the dark basil grew faster than the light basil.

In our hypothesis we thought that the light basil would grow faster than the dark basil.

One of our questions is that why was the dark basil turning yellow and the stem clear?

One of our thoughts are that next time we would put the plants out side.

Bibliography

Websites and sources used:Mr. Martell’s websiteOur composition books