Astro Farmer
Your Mission: Investigate which factors affect plant growth, and relate these factors to growing plants in space.
- Learn that plants need water, light, air, nutrients and a suitable temperature to grow
- Understand that environments can change and pose danger to living things
- Learn that it is possible to grow plants without soil
- Conduct simple and fair tests.
- Identify and control variables when necessary
- Interpret observations and draw conclusions
- Activity 1:
- Student worksheet printed for each student
- Pen or pencil
- Colouring pencils
- Activity 2:
- Student worksheets printed (1 per group)
- Cress seeds
- Identical pots/plastic containers (2 pots per group)
- Potting soil
- Small shovel or spoon
- A cardboard box or a dark closet
- A ruler
- Activity 3:
- Student worksheet printed for each student
- White flowers cut at the stem (2 per group)
- Food dye (red or blue)
- Transparent water containers (e.g. the bottom of a plastic bottle)
- (Optional) white flower with intact root
- Activity 4:
- Student worksheet printed for each student
- 16 radish seeds
- 8 small clear pots
- Soil to fill 2 of the small pots
- Sand to fill 2 of the small pots
- Cotton wool to fill 2 of the small pots
- Paper towel to fill 2 of the small pots
- Cling film
- 16 Labels for the pots
- Liquid plant food
- Activity 5:
- Student worksheet printed for each student
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pen/Pencil
- Activity 6:
- Student worksheet printed for each student
- Pen/Pencil
- Colour Pencils
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