After spring break we are going to be planting (and growing) some tomatoes. Some of the seeds have been to space (Experimental Group), while others have not (Control group). We will be testing the germination (successfully sprouted) rate between the 2 groups. The fun part is that we won't know which group is which until after we have submitted our results. I have done this the past 2 years with my classes and have had great tomatoes (2 years ago I had over 100 of them!) to eat when we took them home and planted them in our gardens.
These seeds were taken into space by Canadian astronauts.
Check out the website at: http://www.tomatosphere.org/
This fits in with our extreme environments unit from term 2 but obviously we couldn't plant them right before spring break or they would die while we were on holiday.
Stay tuned!
These seeds were taken into space by Canadian astronauts.
Check out the website at: http://www.tomatosphere.org/
Stay tuned!
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