Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

hello,

i have a science fair project and my question is "does sound effects plants?" i need to know how to do a experiment and research on this project. Hope fully you will be able to help me.

Hi,

This looks like uncharted territory to me. I provide the the following links without comment or opinion to their accuracy:

http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/records/rec188.htm

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/ma ... .Bt.r.html

http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/ ... iments.asp

http://sps.nus.edu.sg/~tanshenm/2171.pdf

http://www.mschien.com/documents/guss_exhibition.pdf

http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=2190

http://www.technologykits.com/projects/ ... index.html

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2005/Projects/J1631.pdf

http://www.sci-ctr.edu.sg/ssc/detailed. ... t=4&cat=36

Good luck!

Best Regards.

Barrett L. Tomlinson

Hi there,

While there have not been as many projects on sound in general, many people have wondered whether talking to plants helps them grow. This is one way in which sound may affect plants. A quick Google search of "talking to plants" generated the following links. I'm sure you can find more!

http://ask.yahoo.com/20030129.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBuster ... _to_Plants

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... cover.html

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF8/837.html

Good luck!

Heather