Growing Beyond Earth - Participating Schools - welcome

Important Upcoming Dates

First Week of September (Dates TBD)
Teacher Training Sessions (virtual)
09/02/2024
Last day to register for in-person GBE training session at Fairchild Garden (for local schools)
09/14/2024
In-person GBE Training Session at Fairchild for Challenge teachers (Challenge teachers will be required to come to this in-person workshop. Fairchild Challenge is only for local schools)
11/22/2024
GBE Experiment 1 Data due
12/13/2024
GBE Experiment 2 Proposal due
3/21/25
GBE Experiment 2 Data due
04/09/25
GBE Experiment 2 Research Presentation Submission due
04/19/25
GBE Student Research Symposium (in-person at Fairchild Garden and virtual)

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Announcements

2024 Growing Beyond Earth Interns

This year’s summer Growing Beyond Earth interns have been hard at work testing a new batch of experiments for the upcoming school year. The interns have been testing novel crops, new growth media, new herbal teas, new irradiated seeds, and new green light recipes.

2024 Kennedy Space Center Trip

In June, the Growing Beyond Earth interns traveled to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The interns were able to meet with the NASA scientists associated with the experiments.

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