The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) AHiS Project team is looking for the following data: Observations on the growth of your lot of sweet basil plants. Think about why plants grew well and why they didn’t.Observations on the difference between the microgravity on the ISS and Earth’s gravity – 1G, by comparing your experiments with the one on the ISS. The New Zealand Astrobiology Network will evaluate the participants’ reports from a scientific perspective.You will compare growth such as stem length, leaf size, leaf color and number of leaves. At the end of the 30 days, we will also look at the glandular hair cells on the back of leaves, and count them.Let’s find out how these are different from the sweet basil grown on the ISS.What is the difference between under the ISS environment and your experiment conditions? These differences may significantly affect the results of growth experiment.TemperatureHumidityLightFertilizerGrowth mediumCO2 concentrationPlant chamber (ventilation efficiency, water supply volume, plant density)Presence or absence of gravity↓What will change when you change these?Furthermore, you can try different conditions on the ground to find the more suitable conditions for the growth of sweet basil, such as changing the plant box, fertiliser’s concentration, and the number of seeds sown in the plant box.
AHiS 2021 – What to measure for your school project
