Tomatosphere Journals 2009-10
Grade 6R students recorded these observations in their journals.
Group B | Group T | ||||
Date m/d/y |
Day | Total # Germinated |
Notes | Total # Germinated |
Notes |
04/07/10 04/08/10 04/09/10 04/10/10 04/11/10 04/12/10 04/13/10 04/14/10 04/15/10 04/16/10 04/17/10 04/18/10 04/19/10 04/20/10 04/21/10 04/22/10 04/23/10 04/24/10 04/25/10 04/26/10 04/27/10 04/28/10 04/29/10 05/04/10 05/10/10 05/17/10 |
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 27 33 40 |
0 5 4 6 1 1 2 1 |
Planted (30) 20°C 21°C Saturday Sunday 1st day of germination PD, switched to higher dome Saturday Sunday germinated to date 17, 56.7% 20°C Saturday Sunday Last day of germination, roots showing 2 stems sprouts dead total 20/30, 66.7% |
0 12 9 4 1 |
Planted (30) 20°C 21°C Saturday Sunday 1st day of germination PD, higher dome, last dy ger. Saturday Sunday germinated to date 26, 86.7% 20°C Saturday Sunday stubs dieing total 26/30, 86.6% |
Once the "blind test" was completed and we had e-mailed our results NASA responded with the following information: all are Heinz 9478 F1 seeds.
B -- Seeds exposed to the International Space Station environment.
T -- Control Group