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Space

Space Seeds – The Tomatosphere™ Experiment

By:

Chloe Phillips

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Summary

Tomatosphere is a free program that encourages students to investigate the effects of outer space on food to support human space travel. The program uses detailed experiments conducted on tomato plants.

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One group of seeds has been to space or treated in a simulator that represents the unique conditions of space, while a second group, considered the control group, has not been treated with anything. Students explore the differences between plant growth under stressed space conditions through various experiments available on the Tomatosphere website.

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