Chorleywood Primary School (CWPS) are taking part in a UK-wide live science experiment launched by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and the UK Space Agency where they will grow seeds that have been into space.
The school will receive a packet of 100 seeds from space,( flown to International Space Station (ISS) on Soyuz 44S in September and due to return to earth in March, space travel willing) which they will grow alongside seeds that haven’t been to space and measure the differences over seven weeks. The pupils won’t know which seed packet contains which seeds until all results have been collected by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and analysed by professional biostatisticians.
The out-of-this-world, nationwide science experiment will enable the pupils to think more about how we could preserve human life on another planet in the future, what astronauts need to survive long-term missions in space and the difficulties surrounding growing fresh food in challenging climates.
“We are very excited to be taking part in Rocket Science.” says Claire Davies School Gardening Co-ordintaor, “This experiment is a fantastic way of teaching our pupils to think more scientifically and share their findings with the whole gardening club. We are a school gardening club that has achieved 5 star status with Royal Horticultural Society and this year won a gold medal at Wisley!”
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