Does Sunlight help plants grow better than Artificial light?

This is a simple experiment to do. The science project is based on the simple biological principle of growth. We are trying to find the better growth conditions for a couple of identical plants. So you will need two different plants of the same type. Make sure that they are the same age and size.

You can germinate some beans so that you have the ideal candidates for your experiment. Once you have transplanted them to a pot and they have taken root you are ready to subject them to your experiment. The hypothesis that we are hoping to test is “Do plants grow better with sunlight exposure”.

This means that one of the plants must receive proper sunlight and the other plant must be exposed only to artificial light. Label the pots of the plants with “sunlight” and “artificial light” so that you don’t confuse them. Now record the height of both the plants in a notebook.

You must now record the growth of both the plants at intervals of five days to see how they are progressing. At the end of the month or 30 days you can compare the two plants to see which one has grown more. Results may be surprising. Check out more science projects here.