Tomatosphere Journals 2003-04
Grade 6R students recorded these observations in their journals in 2003-04
| Group A | Group B | Group C | ||||||
| Date m/d/y |
Day | Total # Germinated |
Notes | Total # Germinated |
Notes | Total # Germinated |
Notes | |
| 04/01/04 04/02/04 04/03/04 04/04/04 04/05/04 04/06/04 04/07/04 04/08/04 04/09/04 04/10/04 04/11/04 04/12/04 04/13/04 04/14/04 04/15/04 04/16/04 04/17/04 04/18/04 04/19/04 04/20/04 04/21/04 04/22/04 04/23/04 04/24/04 04/25/04 04/26/04 04/27/04 04/28/04 04/29/04 04/30/04 05/01/04 05/02/04 05/03/04 05/04/04 05/05/04 05/06/04 |
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 10 12 12 15 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 19 20 20 20 20 |
Planted (30) 19°C uncalibrated weekend weekend 20°C some growth 1st germination Good Friday Sat. Easter Easter Mon. watered watered Sat. Sun. 23°C Sat. Sun. watered 22°C Final |
0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 12 13 15 17 !7 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 |
Planted (30) 21°C uncalib weekend weekend 21°C some growth 1st ger. Good Friday Sat. Easter Easter Mon. watered watered Sat. Sun. 23°C Sat. Sun. watered 23°C Final |
0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 8 12 13 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 |
Planted seeds (30) 25°C uncal weekend weekend 21°C some growth 1st germination Good Friday Sat. Easter Easter Mon. watered watered Sat. Sun. 23°C Sat. Sun. watered 23°C Final |
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Once the "blind test" was completed and we had e-mailed our results NASA responded with the following information:
The seeds we planted were Heinz 9478 F1 seeds.
They were grouped as follows:
A -- Nasa Mars Simulator
B -- University of Guelph Mars Greenhouse (hypobaric chambers)
C -- Control