This month our club, the future scientists club, did an experiment on photosynthesis. We tested to see how long it took plants to carry out photosynthesis when they were deprived of oxygen. Both of them were put in water, one had baking soda in it (to provide more carbon dioxide ) , one was plain water, and the other was soap. We thought that the leaves in the baking soda solution would carry out photosynthesis faster while the soap would not carry out photosynthesis at all. (Soap stops the leaves from carrying out basic functions.) We hole punched leaves and put them in a syringe. We filled the syringe with water and created a vacuum that sucked all the oxygen out of it. You can tell by the leaves floating to the top. Once they floated, we put the deoxidized leaves into the solutions. We put another cup full of water over the filled beakers and put a light source over that. The other water bowl will prevent excess heat from entering the photosynthesis process. Once that was done we waited for the results. For the first few minutes nothing happened. Then after the six minute mark the leaves in the baking soda solution started rising. After that the leaves in the normal water started rising. The soap had not changed. Then over the span of fifteen minutes all of the leaves in the baking soda and water solutions started rising. Once all ten leaves rose in both, the experiment was over. Our hypothesis was correct and we learned about the speed of photosynthesis in leaves when their environments change.