Planting our rocket seeds!

Today (Tuesday 19^th April, 2016) we planted our rocket seeds in compost. This is how we did it:

1. First we got some compost and we each placed some in seven small pots.

2. Then we got the back of a pencil and made a hole approximately 2cm deep by twisting the pencil down in the middle of the compost.

3. Thirdly, we placed the seeds carefully in the hole and closed it off.

4. Finally, we placed the tag with numbers on that show which seed it is in the side of the pot. 

Our predictions

These are some of our predictions:

-“The space seeds will grow really tall because there’s no gravity in space.”

-“The space seeds won’t grow as well because there’s no oxygen up in space”

-“They will grow the same because there’s not much of a difference.”

-“The space seeds will grow bigger because they’re closer to the Sun.”

-"The space seeds will grow half the size because there’s no oxygen.”

-“The space seeds won’t be as strong because astronaut’s muscle’s aren’t as strong after being in space.”

-“The space seeds will grow faster because they’ve been somewhere else.”

-“The space seeds might have changed shape inside.”

-“The space seeds might be shorter than the seeds on the ground because it’s darker than on Earth.”

-“The space seeds might be taller because of zero gravity.”   

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to our blog. We are st Philips class [Year 5] in st Catherine’s school, Littlehampton. 

We are going to be working with astronaut Tim Peake on an experiment to see if seeds that have been in space grow as well as seeds that have stayed on Earth. We will be given two packets of rocket seeds and only one of the packets will have been in space but we will not be aware which packet. We will have to plant all the seeds in a specific way, measuring them regularly. 

We will have to make 200 small labels out of clean milk bottles using a guide. We will plant them on either Tuesday the 19^th or Wednesday the 20^th of April 2016. 

The seeds will have to be planted and stay inside because some animals could come and destroy them and the rain could ruin them. 

The seeds have been up in space for 6 months and were brought down by Astronaut Scott Kelly on March the 1st. We will be updating this blog throughout the experiment.

Stay tuned for more updates!