Category: Exploring Sound and Circadian Rhythms

This was the first video we captured of the Prayer Plant. We set up a FLIR E6 infrared camera aimed at our plants, with an IPhone taking a time lapse via the Lapse It...

  Prayer Plant, Circadian Rhythm (Night) At one point in time, many of us have been intrigued by the idea that, in fact, plants are always in motion. The Maranta leuconeura is a native...

For the longest time, people have wondered if plants can groove to music the same way we, and several types of animals, clearly do. Everyone has heard at least once in their life that...

Have you ever wondered if plants can pick up on sound? One can find endless articles online of findings from established scientists and professors who will argue that music can be beneficial to plant...

Climate change is affecting the world around you more than you may think. We all know that the world has been steadily increasing in temperature year by year. Depending on where you live you...

Do you ever wonder what plants do when we’re not looking? What about when you’re sleeping? Nyctinastic movement, less formally known as sleeping movements, are plant movements that occur in response to darkness. These...

    Research Project By Lovina Muña, Forest Davis, Pierson Roe, Anthony Lopez, and Emilia Vidal-Hallett Project Summary We will be looking at the differences in the nyctinastic movement of three Maranta leuconeura plants. Starting off  with...