Bernards said students first submitted a proposal for SPOCS funding consideration in October 2020. Once selected as a finalist, the team gave a presentation that December to NASA representatives, as well as mission managers with Nanoracks and space education company DreamUp.
Santa Clarita Valley residents Hutch and Sophia Siegen, sixth- and fifth-grade students at iLEAD Schools, are taking their science experiment out of this world.
While participating in iLEAD’s DreamUp to Space mission, a program that helps students become pioneers of space science, the Siegens were able to combine their passions for gardening and space, with an experiment to germinate carrot seeds in space.
5. Realiza Experimentos y descubre cómo funcionan las cosas en el espacio
¿Cómo crece el pasto en el espacio? ¿cómo se comporta el agua y por qué flotan las cosas?, éstas son algunas de las preguntas que podrás responder con sencillos experimentos que ofrece la organización DreamUp.
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