In this set of six activities, students will investigate which factors affect plant growth, and relate these factors to growing plants in space. Students will learn that plants need air, light, water, nutrients and a stable temperature to grow. Students will observe what happens to plants when they vary some of these factors. These 6 activities can be done individually or as a set.
Teacher’s guide and students worksheets: English, German (teacher’s guide), German (students worksheets, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Romanian, Hungarian, Estonian, Greek.
Age range: 8 – 12 years old
This classroom resource is part of a set of resources developed by ESA’s Education Office in collaboration with ESEROs to support the Moon Camp project.
How can you get food on the Moon? Watch this Airbus Foundation Discovery Space animation to find out. For more animations visit this page.
