FLOWER LAB

QUESTION

• Will Orange Soda added to water keep a rose fresh for nine days.

HYPOTHESIS

• If roses are put into a flower vase with just water then the rose will stay a little fresh because the flowers are made to flourish and stay fresh in normal water.

VARIABLES

• The independent variable are the roses inside the mix of Orange Soda and water against the roses in the water.
• The dependent variable is the flower’s freshness.
• The control group is the vase being filled with only water
• The experimental group is the vase with Orange Soda and water.

VARIABLES (CONTINUED)

• The controlled variables are the three roses in each flower vase, the 500 mL of liquid put into each flower vase and the same flower vase for both groups.

MATERIALS

• Roses
• Orange Soda
• Water
• Two flower vases
• Rulers
• Ipad

PROCEDURE

• Purchase six roses and two flowers vases.
• Categorize the six roses into two groups of three roses a group
• Pour 300 mL of Orange Soda and 200 mL of water into a vase for the experimental group

PROCEDURE (CONTINUED)

• Pour 500 mL of water into the vase for the control group.
• The roses in both vases should be in similar places and have the same amount of water and shade.
• Check the flowers everyday at 9 pm.
• Compare the color of the petals between the flowers in the vases

PROCEDURE (CONTINUED)

• Compare the length of the flowers in each vase from the bottom or the stem to the top of the flower where it starts to the rose petals.
• Compare the amount of petals fallen off between both groups.
• Observe differences in color of the pedals from day 1 to whatever day you finish the experimen
• Observe any changes in scent between the flowers in both vases.

Quantitative Data

QUANTITATIVE DATA (CONTINUED)

Qualitative Data

DAY 1

DAY 6

Day 9

ANALYSIS

• The experiment did not go as my family and I thought it would go. It took six days for noticeable changes to occur. The roses in the normal water or the orange soda water never had any change in scent. I was extremely surprised when I saw that the roses in the normal water died. The flowers in the experimental group always had a bit of bright red, there was never a time in the experiment that the roses in the control group turned dark magenta all over.

ANALYSIS (CONTINUED)

• I was shocked when I saw that the flowers in water had completely died and the flowers in the mix of Orange Soda and water were okay. I think this happened because the Orange Soda had sugars and carbohydrates inside the soda and the flower would use those two things as a food source but the sugar in the Orange Soda is processed and the flowers in the experimental group had some dead petals and some alive petals.

CONCLUSION

• The purpose of the experiment was to see if Orange Soda would help keep the freshness of a flower. The hypothesis was that if roses are put into a flower vase with just water then the rose will stay a little fresh because the flowers are made to flourish and stay fresh in normal water. In the end, the results of the experiment proved my hypothesis wrong because the flowers with normal water died on day 6 but the flowers in the Orange Soda and water stayed a little bit fresher.

CONCLUSION (CONTINUED)

• In addition, the experimental group roses stayed fresher then the control group roses. The flowers in the control group died way faster than I thought they would die. Throughout the experiment the roses in the Orange Soda and water always looked better. Neither experimental or control group had any changes in scent. If the experiment were to be done again, someone could try to use a different brand of soda because different brands can have more or less sugars and carbohydrates.