This document summarizes a student science experiment testing whether seeds germinate differently when planted vertically or horizontally. The experiment involved planting bean seeds vertically and horizontally in paper towels and observing their growth over 14 days. Both seeds germinated successfully, supporting the hypothesis that seeds germinate the same in both orientations due to receiving the same nutrients. Pictures documented the seed germination process from initial cracking to full root and plant growth.

1. Seed
5th period 7th Science
Dulce Garcia and Mario Barraza

2. Seeds
The Great Plant Escape (http://
urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe)
• Seeds come in different sizes, shapes, and colors.
• Some plants you can eat but not all of them.
• Plant might move by the wind water, animals,
• The outer covering of the seed is called seed coat.
• Plants might move by wind, water, animals, and gravity.
• Some germinate better in light than dark.

3. Hypothesis
• If we plant seeds horizontal and vertical then the seed
would germinate both ways because both vertical and
horizontal have the same nutrients.

4. Variables
• Independent Variable (doesn’t change in
experiment)
• Bean seed, water, Same Environment (light/
temperature),and same paper towels
• Dependent Variable (result that changes in
experiment, usually what we are testing)
• Germination of the seed

5. Experiment
• To test our hypothesis we planted two seeds in a
cup. We planted one horizontal seed at the edge
of the cup so we can see which one will
germinate, and the other one we planted vertical,
and we watched it grow for 14 days and observed
them germinating.

6. Data
• Picture 1 on the top left side
is the first stage of the seed
cycle.
• Picture 2 on the right side is
when the seed coat starts to
break.
• Picture 3 on the left bottom
is when the root starts
germinating down.
• Picture 4 on the right
bottom side is the final stage
when the plant germinates.

7. Results from Data
• The seed grew faster in soil because it was smaller so the
water got in easier. The second one was the sand it was
just a little bit slower than the soil. The third one was
newspaper, the paper was big so it was hard for the seed
to get water. The last one was gravel it didn’t really grow,
because it had huge rocks.

8. Conclusion
• In our experiment we learned that it doesn’t
matter what way you plant the seeds, because
we tested it, and the vertical and horizontal
germinated the same length.