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Growing Beyond Earth® Teacher Resources

Curricular materials and resources to introduce your students to space plant biology and prepare them to participate in the Growing Beyond Earth classroom-based citizen science project

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Space Plant Basics
How Plants Grow in Space
Food Production for Space Exploration NASA presentation
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Green Works Lab Tour with Dr. Massa
How to Water Plants in Space
Published Literature
Our World: Systems to Grow Plants in Space
Real World: The Light Plants Need

Gardens on the International Space Station
Vegetable Production System (Veggie) Fact Sheet
Advanced Plant Habitat Fact Sheet
Space Station Live: Veggie 01

Growing Beyond Earth Project Resources
GBE Program Overview
NASA Welcome to GBE
TEDx Coconut Grove: GBE
2021-2022 Growing Beyond Earth® Results
2021-2022 GBE Student Research Symposium Winners
2015-2022 Growing Beyond Earth® Seed List
Order T-shirts and more for your school

2022-23 Growing Beyond Earth Research Protocols
28-Day Trial – Optimizing Resources
49-Day Variety Trial – Herbs

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (Florida)
NGSSS Middle School
NGSSS High School

Next Generation Science Standards (National)
NGSS Middle School
NGSS High School

This website is based upon work supported by NASA Grant No. NNH21ZDA001N-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.