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Everything you need to know about growing fast plants.
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Find the seed type that is best suited for your learning opportunity.
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Classroom activities and guides for helping you plan your lessons.
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Learn about the history and creation of fast plants.
The Life Cycle of Fast Plants®
The life cycle for Fast Plants is extremely short; under ideal growing conditions of continuous light, water and nutrition, plants will produce harvestable seeds approximately 40 days after planting.
Lessons & Investigations
Find learning materials and classroom activities to use for all ages.
Plant Research in Space
Fast Plants in Space: Next Steps with Amanda Nguyen & Emily Calandrelli Long-term space exploration depends on many factors, and plant research in space is one of the most pressing. For decades, Wisconsin Fast Plants have helped scientists and educators explore biological mysteries, and now, they’ve returned to orbit, contributing to plant research in space. Blue Origin’s Fall 2024 mission ...
Read MoreEmily Calandrelli Teams Up to Take a Fast Plants Space Experiment on Blue Origin Flight
What if you got to put a Fast Plant Space Experiment on a rocket? What questions would you ask, and how would you design your experiment? We got that very opportunity when Emily Calandrelli, The Space Gal, offered us the chance to send seeds and experiments into orbit with her aboard Blue Origin’s NS-28 Mission. We also recently worked with ...
Read MoreFast Plants in Space: Past, Present, and Future
Wisconsin Fast Plants® of the Department of Plant Pathology at UW-Madison are helping scientists explore how plants can thrive beyond Earth, and they’re paving the way for future space farming and sustainable life support systems in space. In fact, if you follow on Instagram #fastplantsinspace (@fastplants) we’ll be sharing about Fast Plants in flight on Blue Origin with Emily Calandrelli ...
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