Tomatosphere Journals 2008-09

Grade 6R students recorded these observations in their journals.  

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  Group M Group N
Date    
m/d/y
Day Total #
 Germinated
Notes Total #
 Germinated
Notes
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

Reported
Totals:
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



0
-
-
-
-
7
12
3
3
-
-
0
0
1
0
-
-
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
-





26/30 = 86.7%
Planted (30)
22°C
Saturday
Sunday
16 sprouts
First germinations



Saturday
Sunday
Higher cover added
true leaves appearing


Good Friday
Saturday  
Easter
Easter Monday
total to date 26



Saturday
Sunday
 86.6% germination




0
0
0
0
0
2
7
8
10
-
-
15
16
-
18
-
-
-
19
-
-
-
20
-
-
-
-
-




28/30 = 93.3%
Planted (30)
24°C
Saturday
Sunday
14 sprouts
First germinations



Saturday
Sunday
Higher cover added
true leaves appearing


Good Friday
Saturday  
Easter
Easter Monday
total to date 28



Saturday
Sunday
 93.3% germination

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..