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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.
Emily 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 ...
Read MoreCTE: Plant Systems Career Pathway cultivates success with Fast Plants!
Future Depends on Plant Systems careers In the ever-evolving landscape of agriculture and plant sciences, the need for hands-on experiences growing plants has never been more critical. Career Technical Education (CTE) courses in the Plant Systems Pathway are foundational for future professionals in a wide variety of plant science fields, and one valuable addition that stands out is the incorporation ...
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