Participation Requirements

Thank you for your interest in the Growing Beyond Earth® classroom-based citizen science project. With funding from NASA, program materials and equipment are provided free for middle and high schools throughout the US. Funding and supplies are limited.

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS:

Teachers must register to attend a mandatory professional development workshop. Teachers must also submit a Lease Agreement if they plan to participate in this challenge. 

REQUIRED TEACHER WORKSHOP DATE: TBA

During this time, teachers will learn the research protocols.

Frequent Q&A from Interested Schools

Training videos:

All training materials can be reviewed on our webpage under the respective protocols, 28- days misome or 49-days herb. “Chat with the scientist” recordings will be available the following week on the webpage and our YouTube channel. 

Additional material or replacement parts:

For additional materials and replacement parts please contact us at gbe@fairchildgarden.org.

Timeline:

Your experiment can run over Thanksgiving Break. You were provided with a deeper tray which holds more water and can keep your plants over a longer break. This is not a standard measure, overwatering in general may harm your plants and should not be used on a regular basis. 

For any further questions please contact gbe@fairchildgarden.org

This website is based upon work supported by NASA Grant No. 80NCCS22M0125-SciAct Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.