Steven Nakamura

In class today, we created a vacuum and took out oxygen from small circles in leaves. We put baking soda in the water to give the plant carbon dioxide, and soap to make it more thick. After, we took out all of the oxygen using a syringe and clogging the top part. We then put the leaves outside in the new liquid containing the soap and baking soda and saw how long it took for them to rise. In about 18 minutes, we had 11/20 rise. In our next experiment, we will test things like temperature, light color and intensity, and new factors to determine what helps the plant the least and most.