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This Resource is part of the Tomatosphere™ Program
Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Classroom based
Resource Type: Document
Will there be enough natural sunlight on Mars to grow crops such as tomatoes, if they are housed in a suitable greenhouse, or will artificially heated greenhouses be required?
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Classroom based
Resource Type: Document, Guide
This Tomatosphere resource shows how plants convert solar energy into chemical energy through a process known as photosynthesis.
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Independent (student resource)
Resource Type: Document
Students investigate the relationship between plant growth and the duration of available light. Tomatosphere seedlings can be used to investigate how much light is needed for this project.
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Classroom based
Resource Type: Document
Light is very important to the growth of green plants like the tomatoes in your Tomatosphere™ Project. The attached PDF goes in-depth on plants and light.
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Independent (student resource)
Resource Type: Document
This student investigation looks at predictions related to the absence of any of the basic requirements for the growth of green plants.
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Classroom based
Resource Type: Document
An introduction to the fruit that will be germinated in the Tomatosphere™ Project. In this project, Tomatosphere tomatoes will be considered fruit.
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Classroom based
Resource Type: Document
An introduction to the International Space Station (ISS) which also provides link to other sites for further background information, student activities and research opportunities.
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Classroom based
Resource Type: Document, Guide
Your students will be able to understand when “germination” has taken place using the descriptions and photographs in the Tomatosphere Germination PDF.
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Classroom based
Resource Type: Document
A list of Tomatosphere frequently asked questions related to the project.
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Designed for: Grades K-8 For use by:
Students, Teachers.
Learning Styles: Independent (student resource), Classroom based
Resource Type: Document
This investigation can be modified for students at different levels. It supplements the Tomatosphere™ Project by looking at a variety of crops that are possibilities for Martian cultivation. It should be used with the chart on Crop Characteristics found with the Martian Crop Possibilities
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