Grade Level: Elementary
Experiment 1:
1. Cover a single leaf of a potted plant in tin foil
2. Keep the plant in a sunny place, wait several days
3. Uncover the leaf--look at results, if no results are visual do a starch test (compare to a control sample)
Our hypothesis: We think the leaf will die because it can't get the sun it needs to photosynthesize
Experiment 2:
1. Coat a leaf in Vaseline.
2. Place Vaseline coated leaf in a plastic bag
3. Place another non-Vaseline coated leaf in a plastic bag
4. Wait several days, look for changes
Our hypothesis: The leaf covered in Vaseline will die because it can't get CO2.
