MEGA MARS MANIA
BY DANE, JOE AND AUSTIN
The topic of this science research article is Mars. We became interested in this project because we watched John Glenn take off. We wanted to see if we could grow radishes in simulated Mars soil. We had a question: how do you make Mars soil? We also had some future questions: 1. How do you keep a light on 24 hours a day? 2. How can you water the plants enough? 3. Which kind of plant do you use to grow in simulated Mars soil? 4. How many plants do you plant in simulated Mars soil?
Our hypothesis is that we think that radishes can grow in simulated Mars soil.
Some data we found out about Mars is that Mars is made out of mostly rusted iron and sand. We also learned that you should water the plants daily and the same amount every day, except to water extra on Friday, due to the weekend. The highest the radishes got were 5 cm tall.
We looked in books and encyclopedias for Mars, on some web sites on space and on a Bill Nye video on how to make Mars soil. We also looked at some KIC journals. I looked at a magazine called “Kid Experiments.” We found some info on Mars. We found out that Mars soil can be simulated out of steel wool pads, sand and iron.
The methods we used to answer our questions include reading about Mars. We used radishes to grow in simulated Mars soil. We looked on the Internet web sites on Mars and in books.
Our conclusion is that radishes can grow in simulated Mars soil. We also found out that Mars sand doesn’t hold a lot of water. We did the project two times to make sure that it was right.
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