Tomatosphere Journals 2007-08
Grade 6R students recorded these observations in their journals.
| Group R | Group S | ||||
| Date m/d/y |
Day | Total # Germinated |
Notes | Total # Germinated |
Notes |
| 03/20/08 03/21/08 03/22/08 03/23/08 03/24/08 03/25/08 03/26/08 03/27/08 03/28/08 03/29/08 03/30/08 03/31/08 04/01/08 04/02/08 04/03/08 04/04/08 04/05/08 04/06/08 04/07/08 04/08/08 04/09/08 04/10/08 04/11/08 04/12/08 04/13/08 04/14/08 04/15/08 04/16/08 04/17/08 04/18/08 04/19/08 04/20/08 04/21/08 04/22/08 04/23/08 04/24/08 ReportedTotals: |
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 4 9 13 - - 22 25 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - 26/30 = 86.7% |
Planted (30) Good Friday Saturday Easter Easter Monday 22°C First germinations 23°C 4:5 not looking good Saturday Sunday 23°C put on higher dome 22°C Saturday Sunday 22°C photo transplanted, rest labelled Saturday Sunday Removed top, moldy Saturday Sunday |
0 0 0 0 0 2 7 8 10 - - 15 16 - 18 - - - 19 - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 21/30 = 70% |
Planted (30) Good Friday Saturday Easter Easter Monday First germinations 23°C Saturday Sunday 25°C put on higher dome 24°C Saturday Sunday 1 sprout 22°C photo 2 sprouts, trans, rest labelled Saturday Sunday 1 stub, Removed top, moldy Saturday Sunday Rehydrated |
Once the "blind test" was completed and we had e-mailed our results NASA responded with the following information:
They were grouped as follows:
A -- Control Group, Heinz 9478 F1 seeds.
B -- Seeds exposed to a simulated process of aerocapture as the space vehicle
enters the atmosphere of Mars..