MINI PROJECT: BALSAM BALLERINA

CAPTAIN: Maryell Irisha
Nurul Fatien
Kim Mun Kit
Farliana
Teo Yu Rou
Ratna Fairuz

 Report Submission:
First Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Second Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Third Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Fourth Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Fifth Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Hardcopy Overall Summary Report 

Lab Schedule:
26th March 2018 - Soil permeability Test (Click Here)
26th March 2018 - Sieve Analysis Test (VIDEO REPORT)
9th April 2018 - Soil Salinity Test (CLICK HERE)
23rd April 2018- Soil Nutrient Analysis


Materials:Research Questions:
  1. Does music or sound stimulate the growth of plant?
  2. Do plants response when expose to music/sound?
  3. Does music or sound influence nutrient bioavailability/phytoavailability of the soil for plant growth?
  4. Is the nutrient in the soil sufficient for the plant to grow?
  5. Which sound/music stimulate/inhibit the plant to grow?
  1. Impatiens balsamina seeds
  2. 5 pots (poke same number of holes at the bottom of the pot for drainage)
  3. 500ml recycle bottle (for watering)
  4. One type of soil texture (soil medium for 5 pots and one portion keep for lab analysis (record GPS soil sample location taken, can upload apps from smartphone)
  5. Two recycle empty transparent bottle glass jar for soil texture analysis (same size, smooth even surface).
  6. Two empty recycle tin can (same size), poke same number of holes at the bottom of the can.
  7. Three Recycle plastic container for air-dry soil.
  8. Four carton boxes to cover the plant from wind for easy monitoring of the plant movement.
  9. Video and camera (smartphone) to record if there is response.
1st Lab Analysis (Report submit online due 20th March 2018):

  1. Fill up the pot with soil. Pat the soil to compress the soil so that the level of soil does not shrink after watering.
  2. Divide the number of seeds equally for each pot and space the seeds when seed sowing.
  3. Top about  less 5mm thick of soil after seed are placed on the soil. Then water with same amount (500ml) for each pot.
  4. Soil Color Analysis.
  5. Soil Texture Analysis.
  6. Soil Moisture: weight 100gram or soil sample, record. Then air-dry soil. After 2 weeks if soil have lost all moisture, weight dry soil. Record.
  7. Water the soil daily with the same amount.
  8. Expose each of the pot with different genre on a secluded quite place. Play music close to the soil for 20 minutes each day. One pot is control which is not expose to any music.
    Observation Record:
    1. Germination rate for each pot.
    2. Mortality/survival rate of the plant growth.
    3. How long does seeds start to sprout an emerge from the soil for each soil texture.
    4. Average growth of the plants (root, shoot and whole plant) for each soil texture every two weeks.
    5. Count nodules on each plants every two weeks.
    6. Nutrient availability of each soil sample.
    7. Deficiency symptoms.
    8. Movement of the plants (if any).
    9. Capture photos of plant growth development.
    Music and Movement Monitoring:

     One pot is control not expose to any music.

    Isolate plants to a quiet place when they are listening to the music for each genre.

     Choose another 3 different music genre:
    Hatsune Miku 
    Rock Metal
    Rainforest music (nature sound or bird chirping)

     Also please include music below:
    Upload the music or video use for this experiment on assignment page.
    23rd April 2018: Dug out carefully 3 plants (make sure roots intact) from each pot and measure the length of root, shoot and whole plant. Measure the wet weight of the whole plant. Then dry the plant, after plant dried completely. Measure plant dry weight. Count nodules.

    SUGGESTION:

    Read up on relationship between sound/music and plants.

    Get to know how to grow Balsam, its like and dislike.

    Don't forget to keep your reference list for your report. Citations.

    Fill free to add on research questions or observation data. 

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