Astro Project at
Hamilton Heights Elementary School
Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment -
Students and Teachers Investigating Plants in Space
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The students planted Astro Plant seeds on the same day the astronauts did. The plant date was November 7th and the launch date was November 19th. The launch took place 2 days before the flowers opened. The students hand pollinated the flowers, and followed a schedule for fertilizing and measuring. At the conclusion of the experiment data was gathered by each classroom and the students prepared statistics for analyzing the results. The following information was entered into a database on the internet by each class: plant height at day 14, first day of open flower, and the number of seeds produced. The total seeds for all classrooms was 5114.
The students studied the effects of microgravity on plant life, completed math lessons by measuring in millimeters and milliliters, and adding, subtracting and computing averages, they also observed, recorded and analyzed. Mrs. Messmer's class also interviewed the ground crew engineer in charge of crane operations over the internet.

They viewed pictures of the astronauts plants on the space shuttle that were downloaded to the internet during the mission. At the conclusion of the project they compared the results of each classroom and drew conclusions. They were awarded certificates and made book marks from their dried plants.

Students from Mrs. Messmer's class pollinating the Astro plants.










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