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| PP #1 opening slate           | \[Technical Director makes           |
|                               | connection. Host gathers data.\]     |
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| :30                           | \[Music on tape.\]                   |
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| PP #2 **MPEG Space Farming    |                                      |
| open**                        |                                      |
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| **TRT :30 SOT**               |                                      |
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| 4:00                          |                                      |
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| **PRESENTER ON CAMERA**       | #### WELCOME                         |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Welcome to NASA's Digital Learning   |
|                               | Network at the Johnson Space Center  |
| PP #3 **MPEG astronaut        | in Houston, TX. My name is {Name}    |
| training**                    | and I will be your host today. JSC   |
|                               | is one of 10 NASA centers across the |
| **TRT 1:00 MOS**              | United States. We are:               |
|                               |                                      |
| LIVE FEED: facility camera    | 1.  Home of the Astronaut Corps      |
| views of B9 FFT & ISS         |                                      |
|                               | ```{=html}                           |
| Or                            | <!-- -->                             |
|                               | ```                                  |
| **VIDEO: B9 floor tour**      | 1.  Home of the Space Shuttle        |
|                               |     Program                          |
| **TRT :?? MOS**               |                                      |
|                               | > Highlight size and training use    |
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|                               | 2.  Home of the ISS                  |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | > Highlight countries and training   |
|                               | > use                                |
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| 2:00                          | **DEFINITION OF TOPIC**              |
|                               |                                      |
| ##### BACK TO PRESENTER       | Ask Students: What is Space Farming? |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #4 **MPEG martian farmer** | -   Space Farming is simply growing  |
|                               |     plants in space on the Moon or   |
| **TRT :55 VOT** out:          |     like a farmer on Mars...         |
| "...enters martian winter."   |                                      |
|                               | -   BUT is it as simple as a Farmer  |
|                               |     on Mars?                         |
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| 5:00                          | **STUDENT ACTIVITY 5-8**             |
|                               |                                      |
| ##### BACK TO PRESENTER       | You brainstormed what plants need to |
|                               | grow strong and healthy in your      |
| **PROP: aloe plant**          | Earth vs. Space Worksheet activity.  |
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| PP #5 fuzz seed               | 1.  What do plants need on Earth to  |
|                               |     live?                            |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Correct temperature          |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Water                        |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   CO2                          |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Sunlight                     |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Nutrients                    |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Soil?                        |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Gravity?                     |
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|                               | ```{=html}                           |
|                               | <!-- -->                             |
|                               | ```                                  |
|                               | 2.  Plants respond to the            |
|                               |     environment or Tropisms.         |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   How do plants respond to light?  |
|                               |     Flowers and/or leaves face the   |
|                               |     sun. Phototropism                |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   How do plants respond to         |
|                               |     gravity? Roots grow with         |
|                               |     gravity, stems, leaves grow      |
|                               |     against gravity. Gravitropism    |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   How do plants respond to water?  |
|                               |     Roots grow towards water.        |
|                               |     Hydrotropism                     |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Ask Students: How would you suggest  |
|                               | we go about growing plants in space? |
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| 5:00                          | **WHY GROW PLANTS IN SPACE**         |
|                               |                                      |
| ##### CONTINUE WITH PRESENTER | Ask Students: Why do we need to grow |
|                               | plants in a microgravity environment |
| PP #6 Shuttle                 | (reduced gravity)?                   |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #7 ISS                     | Answer: We want to Explore!          |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #8 Moon                    | -   First several flights into space |
|                               |     lasted only minutes              |
| PP #9 Mars                    |                                      |
|                               | -   Shuttle missions last a week and |
| PP #10 Spirit-Opportunity     |     a half                           |
|                               |                                      |
| ### PROP: Plastic Vegetables  | -   ISS missions run 4-6 months      |
| , seed packet, Bottled water, |                                      |
|  Basket of Plastic Vegetables | Ask Students: Where should we go     |
|                               | next?                                |
| ##### PP #11                  |                                      |
|                               | Answer: Return to the Moon, go to    |
| #####                         | Mars.                                |
|  MPEG farming Gruener package |                                      |
|                               | Lunar and Mars mission will be       |
| **TRT 3:04 VOT** out:         | measured in years.                   |
| "...straight from the farm."  |                                      |
|                               | Moon                                 |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Lunar missions take days to get  |
|                               |     to                               |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Last months to years to live and |
|                               |     work there                       |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Mars                                 |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Mars missions take months to get |
|                               |     to                               |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Last one to two years before     |
|                               |     return                           |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | The goal is to be more               |
|                               | self-sufficient for a sustained      |
|                               | return to the Moon OR for a          |
|                               | practical trip to Mars.              |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Needing:                             |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Renewable food source            |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Waste processing & recycling     |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Energy & space conservation (Co2 |
|                               |     to O2)                           |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Variety and nutrition            |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | John Gruener, a NASA plant           |
|                               | scientist, is going to tell us a     |
|                               | little bit more about space farming. |
|                               | Farmer John?                         |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 3:00                          | **CLOSED SYSTEM -- SELF CONTAINED**  |
|                               |                                      |
| ##### BACK TO PRESENTER       | -   Space missions are somewhat like |
|                               |     a picnic right now, we bring     |
| PP #12 Closed System Chart    |     everything we need.              |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #13 **MPEG survival on     | -   We need to be able to produce,   |
| other planets**               |     reuse, & recycle without Earth.  |
|                               |                                      |
| **TRT 1:00 VOT** out:         | -   We need a Closed System -        |
| "...strange new world."       |     EXPLAIN                          |
|                               |                                      |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         | -   Human -- Plant needs:            |
|                               |     oxygen-carbon dioxide, water,    |
|                               |     food, & waste removal.           |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | How do we combine all parts into one |
|                               | system?                              |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Let's learn more about survival on   |
|                               | another planet...                    |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Ask Students: What is a closed       |
|                               | system, or a Self-sufficient system? |
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| 3:00                          | **PLANT SELECTIONS**                 |
|                               |                                      |
| ##### CONTINUE WITH PRESENTER | Ask Students: What kind of plants do |
|                               | you think would grow best in space,  |
| **PROPS: Hold up plastic food | moon or mars? What would you grow?   |
| items**                       |                                      |
|                               | Here are the plants that NASA is     |
| PP #14 candidate food crops   | researching...                       |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Ask Students: Why choose these?      |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Answer:                              |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Most edible materials with least |
|                               |     waste                            |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Grow quickest                    |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Easiest to maintain              |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Compact -- dwarf genetics        |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   High yield                       |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Nutritious                       |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Adaptable                        |
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| 3:30                          | **REGOLITH (SOIL) TYPES**            |
|                               |                                      |
| ##### BACK TO PRESENTER       | Characteristics of lunar synthetic   |
|                               | soil.                                |
| PP #15 Apollo and Lunar Buggy |                                      |
|                               | -   Basalt. Very Fine Soil           |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         |                                      |
|                               | -   No atmosphere                    |
| ### PROP: lunar s             |                                      |
| oil simulate under document c | -   1/6 gravity                      |
| amera -- In plastic container |                                      |
|                               | -   Lack of nutrients                |
| PP #16 sojourner on mars      |                                      |
|                               | Show Mars Simulate Soil Sample and   |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         | talk of characteristics              |
|                               |                                      |
| ### PROP: mars s              | -   Thin atmosphere                  |
| oil simulate under document c |                                      |
| amera -- In plastic container | -   Ice polar cap could be source of |
|                               |     water                            |
| ##### BACK TO PRESENTER       |                                      |
|                               | -   1/3 gravity                      |
| PP #17 **MPEG food & water on |                                      |
| other planets**               | -   Reduced light                    |
|                               |                                      |
| **TRT :48 VOT** out:          | -   Unusual light cycles             |
| "...permanent martian         |                                      |
| outpost."                     | -   Lack of nutrients                |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Let's learn more about food and      |
|                               | water needs on other planets...      |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 4:00                          | **PLANT REQUIREMENTS**               |
|                               |                                      |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         | Ask Students: How do plants get      |
|                               | their nutrients?                     |
| PP #18 plants in growth       |                                      |
| chamber                       | Answer: Water, Soil, and Sunlight    |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #19 plants with water in   | Artificial Water Systems             |
| roots                         |                                      |
|                               | -   Hydroponics (Hydro=water;        |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         |     ponic=work)                      |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #20 **MPEG Water in        | -   No soil, most nutrients in water |
| microgravity**                |     system                           |
|                               |                                      |
| **TRT :29 MOS**               | -   How does water behave in         |
|                               |     microgravity?                    |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         |                                      |
|                               | -   Water floats in space and        |
| PP #21 growth chamber         |     remains a large blob. It won't   |
|                               |     flow because surface tension has |
| ##### BACK TO PRESENTER       |     a greater effect without         |
|                               |     gravity. We have to direct it,   |
| ### PRO                       |     or force it in the direction we  |
| P: zeoponics under document c |     need it to go.                   |
| amera -- In plastic container |                                      |
|                               | Artificial Soil Systems              |
| PP #22 photosynthesis         |                                      |
|                               | -   Zeoponics                        |
| PP #23 light emitting diode   |                                      |
| (LED)                         | -   Soil substrates like this are    |
|                               |     used to enrich soil on Earth     |
|                               |     too.                             |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Nutrients included in simulated  |
|                               |     soil medium                      |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | Artificial Light Systems             |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Photosynthesis                   |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Light is needed for plants to    |
|                               |     produce some of their own        |
|                               |     nutrients.                       |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   NASA is using Light-emitting     |
|                               |     diodes. Energy efficient,        |
|                               |     inexpensive, low heat output.    |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 2:00                          | **ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM**     |
|                               |                                      |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         | How can we build a closed system to  |
|                               | see if plants and humans can support |
| PP #24 growth chamber         | each other?                          |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #25 closed system chart    | **TESTING ON EARTH**                 |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #26 salad crop growth      | 1.  Six Meter Habitat Facility       |
|                               |     Growth Chamber                   |
| PP #27 exercising in habitat  |                                      |
|                               |     -   To test a closed self        |
| PP #28 eating in habitat      |         sufficient system            |
|                               |                                      |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         |     -   Volunteers checks to see if  |
|                               |         there is enough room to grow |
| PP #29 AIM                    |         crops                        |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Food...O2                    |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Recycling waste              |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Growth...Harvest             |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Living, working,             |
|                               |         exercise....                 |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Food processing,             |
|                               |         consumption, & waste         |
|                               |         processing.                  |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 2.  NASA's next steps...design plans |
|                               |     for long duration exploration... |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 1:30                          | **ARE YOU A PROBLEM CHASER?**        |
|                               |                                      |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         | Problems to Solve:                   |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #30 future habitat         | 1.  What kinds of plants can adapt   |
|                               |     to low gravity environment?      |
| PP #31 space colony           |                                      |
|                               | 2.  What kinds of plants provide the |
| PP #32 habitat cutaway        |     best nutritional value?          |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #33 cutaway close-up       | 3.  Hydroponics, Zeoponics?          |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #34 crops inside habitat   | 4.  If food crops can cycle through  |
|                               |     from seed to harvest, then       |
| PP #35 martian landscape      |     future astronauts will have the  |
|                               |     benefit of self-perpetuating     |
|                               |     food sources---a far tastier     |
|                               |     option than months or years of   |
|                               |     dehydrated meals                 |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 5.  Plants are part of the solution  |
|                               |     on how we can stay on the Moon   |
|                               |     or Mars for longer periods of    |
|                               |     time.                            |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 2:30                          | **CAREERS**                          |
|                               |                                      |
| ##### BACK TO PRESENTER       | Ask Students: Are you interested in  |
|                               | space farming?                       |
| PP #36**MPEG plant            |                                      |
| scientist**                   | -   Kinds of jobs                    |
|                               |                                      |
| **TRT 1:31 VOT** out: "...in  |     -   Agricultural Science         |
| a Shuttle or a space          |                                      |
| station."                     |         -   Plant physiologist       |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |         -   Horticulturists          |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |         -   Agronomists              |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |         -   Soil scientists          |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Agricultural Engineering     |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |         -   Design growth chambers   |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |         -   Design hardware for      |
|                               |             plants                   |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Education needed                 |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Botany (Plant)               |
|                               |                                      |
|                               |     -   Geology, Chemistry,          |
|                               |         Agriculture (Soil)           |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Chris Karen is a plant scientist |
|                               |     and he's going to tell us about  |
|                               |     his job. Chris?                  |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 3:00                          | **STUDENT ACTIVITY 5-8**             |
|                               |                                      |
| **BACK TO PRESENTER**         | You researched space farming in your |
|                               | ISS Plant Research web quest         |
|                               | activity.                            |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 1.  What are some of the arguments   |
|                               |     your team proposed in support of |
|                               |     space farming research?          |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 2.  What are some of the BENEFITS    |
|                               |     for us here on earth?            |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 2:30                          | **BENEFITS ON EARTH**                |
|                               |                                      |
| ##### CONTINUE WITH PRESENTER | Does growing plants in space have    |
|                               | any benefit for us here on earth?    |
| PP #37 Mexicali               |                                      |
|                               | 1.  Better fertilizers               |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 2.  Better substrates                |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 3.  Higher crop yields               |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 4.  Use less water                   |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 5.  Less topsoil erosion             |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | 6.  Mexicalli -- California as       |
|                               |     example                          |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Visual support as appropriate | **Teaching Moments / Q&A FROM        |
|                               | STUDENTS**                           |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| :30                           | **WEBSITE**                          |
|                               |                                      |
| Web Site open on Internet     | Keep up with what is going on by     |
|                               | visiting our website.                |
|                               | **www.nasa.gov**                     |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 2:00                          | **CLOSING**                          |
|                               |                                      |
| PP #38 NASA meatball          | -   Challenge students to excel in   |
|                               |     academics and life               |
| PP #39 good-bye slate         |                                      |
|                               | -   Thank teachers and parents       |
|                               |                                      |
|                               | -   Good-bye                         |
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  **DATE**      **WHO**     **CHANGES MADE**

  03/10/04      Chris       Reviewing Rundown

  10/28/04      Chris       Editing down length of rundown and PPT

  10/28/04      Don         Revised some "tech stuff"

  10/28/04      Chris       Renumbered PPT and Mpegs and cut CGs for ED

                            

                            
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###### PROPS NEEDED

1.  **Aloe plant**

2.  **food tray**

3.  **lunar soil simulate -- in plastic container**

4.  **martian soil simulate -- in plastic container**

5.  **zeoponics -- in plastic container**

6.  **dehydrated food package**

7.  **seed packet**

8.  **bottled water**

9.  **basket of Plastic Vegetables**

###### MPEGs

**MPEG #1 space farming open TRT :30 SOT**

**MPEG #2 astronaut training TRT 1:00 MOS**

**MPEG #3 martian farmer TRT :55 VOT**

######### MPEG #4 farming Gruener package TRT 3:04 VOT

**MPEG #5 survival on other planets TRT 1:00 VOT**

**MPEG #6 food & water on other planets TRT 1:08 VOT**

**MPET #7 water in microgravity TRT :29 MOS**

**MPEG #8 plant scientist TRT 1:01 VOT**

**VIDEOs**

**VIDEO B9 floor tour TRT :?? MOS**

**TERMS**

**Regolith - The unconsolidated mass of debris that overlies bedrock on
the Moon; created by impact bombardment.**