Your students can be involved in a mission to space! Hear from Ted Tagami, founder of Magnitude.io, as we talk about a plant growth experiment heading to the International Space Station on the SpaceX-31 resupply mission, where your students can grow the ground trials.
Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education
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- Magnitude.io
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space
- SARDI: Australian Pastures Genebank
- AVA Challenge
Challenge:
Create an environment to grow the healthiest plant from seed. The system you create will be self-contained, with water being added only at the start. Record and compare your results with others around the world including one in microgravity on the ISS over 4 weeks.
- What substrate will your seeds grow in?
- Where will you place your growth chamber?
- If it is in a window, what direction does the window face?
- Where is your school located in the world? (Lat/Long)
- What does the weather look like during your experiment?
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About Ted Tagami
Having built and sold his first dotcom in the 1990’s, Ted has been building Internet relationships since 1994. With leading work at Knight Ridder Digital and global brand experience at digital agency Millions of Us, Ted brings a unique perspective to modern experiential learning through the implementation of science and engineering based on the Next Generation Science Standards.
- More details:
https://magnitude.io/about_us/
Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education
With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world!
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