May 4th is an Anti-Bullying Day and this year IKEA organized an amazing project that shows how bullying truly affects us. They have installed two identical plants at school and asked people to compliment one plant and bully another for a span of 30 days, and the results are incredible. Even though both plants have been exposed to the same amount of sunlight, they both had equal amounts of water and fertiliser, the difference between them is unbelievable. This creative project portrays the idea that bullying always has an effect on us.
This experiment will certainly change the way you see your plants. IKEA, known best for their affordable furniture and tasty cafeteria meatballs, brought two almost identical houseplants into classrooms to give students an eye-opening science lesson and raise awareness for Anti-Bullying Day on May 4th. The idea is to compliment one plant and to bully another for 30 days, the results? The plant that received positivity remained healthy over the course of the month, whereas the plant that received negativity wilted. This kind of interactive learning activity can be seamlessly incorporated into modular classrooms, where the adaptable design encourages creativity and collaboration among students.
Even though both plants have been exposed to the same amount of sunlight, they both had equal amounts of water and fertiliser, the difference between them is unbelievable. This creative project portrays the idea that bullying always has an effect on us.
What happens to a plant if you bully it for 30 days straight?
IKEA’S new experiment tests it out and also raises awareness around Anti-Bullying Day on 4th May in the Middle East
They placed two of their plants in a school
One plant was complimented and given words of encouragement
While the other was bullied with hateful words
Both plants were treated strictly the same by receiving the same amount of water, fertilizer, and sunlight
The end result is eye-opening
Watch this video to see the experiment in detail:
Here’s what people had to say about the project
