OUTREACH: WHO'S USING THE
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Our seeds have been distributed
to many educational establishments including NASA's space camp.
At Space Camp, our dwarf crop
plants are grown in a realistic International Space Station Columbus
module setting. Space Camp trainees from grades 4-6 plant the seeds
in various types of hydroponics systems, then measure the plants'
growth, observe overall plant health, and even prepare microscope
slides of plant cells. Similar training is provided in the summer for
teachers of grades K-12.
New in 2005: A more advanced space
agriculture/advancd life support training will be offered to 4H
members and their adult mentors, and to weeklong middle school
trainees. The middle schoolers will test the pH and nutrient levels in
the water and monitor CO2 levels in the module. Advanced
teacher workshops and "Space Gardening" workshops are also offered for
the public. Also, a museum exhibit to teach the public about space
agriculture and space technology in Earth agriculture will be opening.
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TEACHERS LEARN ABOUT HYDROPONICS
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SPACE CAMPERS TAKING MEASUREMENTS |
January 2005, Crop Physiology
Ph.D. candidate Joe Romagnano and Aerospace Engineering undergraduate
Vance Hansen visited a science fair at Adams Elementary School in
Logan, Utah. At the CPL display, young scientists viewed an actual
plant growth chamber from the International Space Station and
real-live dwarf crop plants. Dwarf crop seeds were available for
young scientists to take home for their very own experiments and a
display board offered pictures of the various kinds of research
projects we do at the CPL.
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JOE ROMAGNANO (L) AT THE CPL
DISPLAY |
CLOSE-UP OF CPL DISPLAY |
Recently, the Crop Physiology Lab was
visited by two classes of second graders from River Heights Elementary
(Logan, UT).
Forty-nine children toured our facility (with
Tim Hudelson and Jason Tew as their tour guides), listened to a
presentation by Joe Romagnano, planted MicroTina and Earligreen
seeds of their very own, AND took home their very own t-shirt.
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RIVER HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
SECOND GRADE CLASSES VISIT CPL
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JOE ROMAGNANO GIVES
PRESENTATION TO GROUP
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PLANTING MICRO-TINA TOMATOES
AND EARLIGREEN PEAS
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TIM HUDELSON TALKS TO A GROUP
ABOUT PLANTING TECHNIQUES
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TIM HUDELSON WITH A GROUP
IN FRONT OF A GROWTH CHAMBER
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JASON TEW DISCUSSES HOW
A GROWTH CHAMBER WORKS
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