The spring 2010 session runs from February 15 to April 30, 2010.

Summer Institute for Teachers. We invite you to join us. Apply by April 9, 2010.
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What it's all about...

PlantingScience is a learning and research resource, bringing together students, plant scientists, and teachers from across the nation. Students engage in hands-on plant investigations, working with peers and scientist mentors to build collaborations and to improve their understanding of science. -Learn more

Viewing Research Projects

»   Visit the Research Gallery to view the most recent or current student research projects.
»   Visit the Research Archive to view research projects from all previous sessions.

Helping Us Grow

Behind every good project, there are great supporters. If your organization seeks to improve science literacy as a means of growing a sustainable tomorrow, we ask that you consider becoming a PlantingScience supporter.

A Few More Completed Projects

The Left Seed	Psychotic Lions
If we grow corn in a greenhouse it will germinate faster then in the classroom?	How will bleach affect the growth of Pea seeds?
Already Lost	pretty ponies
If we put blue Gatorade in one plant,purple in another, and water in another, will it change the color of the plant as well as the health?	If we put in different liquids in our seed will grow at a slower or faser rate?

Featured Research Projects

High School Research Projects

Monocot Maniacs	Daisy Dukes
Will red food coloring added to 50ml of water effect the color of sunflower seed plants?	Can we grow sunflowers (Helianthus oannuus) and green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in different mediums?
Wolverines	PujAfa
How will different plants affect the levels of Oxygen and Carbon dioxide during photosynthesis?	Will the color of the light change the product of photosynthesis?
FLUFFY FOUR	Seedlings
Will different types of light effect the rate of photosynthesis?	What would be the result if we planted a vegatable seed and a plant seed together in one pot?

Middle School Research Projects

razberries	WAR EAGLE!!!
How does putting different soft drinks in the water for the sunflower seeds affect the growth?	Does the type of soil affects how many seeds sprout every day?
thE hYpOtHeSiZeRs	PiNk PeTaLs
How does the depth of the seed planted effect the overall height of the seed after germinated?	Will watering the seeds with salt or sugar water effect its growth or development????
The Labs	*M:)T:)K:)M:)*/
Do different colored bottles effect growth of sun flower seeds?	How does a seeds space next to another affect the germanation?