Worms in Space

The Miami Mission Control Team consisting of teachers Thomas Gantt, Todd Doucimo, Cynthia Veiga, and Erin Abramoff have devised an experiment to determine whether corn ear worms can survive or the pupation rate affected by a zero gravity space flight, with the ultimate purpose of being utilized in some capacity in an interplanetary colonizing. We have created this blog to allow our students the opportunity to comment and keep up with what each school is doing regarding this experiment.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Check out the Cornear Worms we are taking on board!

http://www.hsi.usda.gov/CornEarWorm/

This is the link to the Future Scientist program. My students at JFK have completed projects on the larvae and pupae. The goal this summer is to test the effects of microgravity flight on the survival and pupation of the worms.

Worms in Space

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Check out the Cornear Worms we are taking on board!

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