Introduction
This webquest is about how you can grow potatoes on mars. I picked this webquest because i was wondering if you could grow food on mars. You're are gonna be learning about why potatoes can grow on mars, What a CubeSat is and what it does, and where there is mars like soil. Fact:It is hard to grow plants on mars because of surface temperature, atmosphere (composition and pressure). And what the soil on mars is.
Task
http://www.iflscience.com/space/yes-you-can-grow-potatoes-on-mars/
Instructions: Read the article and answer the questions
1)What type of potato would you need for it to adapt to subtropical lowlands?
2)What place has the most mars like soil?
3)In the Martian, Who has/is struggling to survive on mars?
4)Who conducted the research?
5)what does the CubeSat do?
Process
Watch the video and answer the questions
1)What are the key ingredients for plants to grow?
2)What is present in small amounts of soil?
3)What can seek out nutrient rich areas?
4)What is Potassium used for?
5)What is minerals absorbed by?
Evaluation
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/LS12/LS12.html
Do the table and turn it in to the teacher