what our experiment is about

Ladybugs in Space will show how micro-gravity will affect the life cycle of a ladybug. We feel that it is important to discover how micro-gravity could affect ladybugs so that in the future, if there are gardens in space, astronauts and scientists will be able to prevent pests like aphids from destroying food resources.

We expect that micro-gravity will speed up the process, that typically takes 26-54 days (from egg to adult) on earth.

While the ladybugs are in space, we will be conducting a ground truth test to monitor our findings and document our results. We will compare our findings after the mission returns back to earth.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Not much is happening

3/12/15-
We are down to about 20 bugs and no eggs. The ladybugs are not doing much and there are about 8 bugs still in the cup of hard food. We are scheduling a meeting with Mary Ann Hamilton to meet her and talk to her about our experiment. We put the bugs to bed at sunset which is now at 7:04.
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Thursday, March 5, 2015

9news

3/5/15-
     Today the team was interviewed by 9news to talk to use about SSEP. The reporter's name was Maya Rodriguez and she asked us about a lot of questions on our experiment and our experience in SSEP and what we wanted to learn from this and a lot of other questions. When they interviewed us the all the team moms came and my mom brought the lady bug thank. It was really cool when the camera guy put a go-pro camera in the tank and then all the ladybugs were crawling all over it like it was a jungle gym. At one point when we opened the tank to reposition the go-pro a ladybug got out and few up to the ceiling. We ended up getting the one that flew out of back in the tank. Tonight we are also going to the board of education to present our presentation at the board meeting.

 

      After their long journey we turned the ladybug tank off at sundown which is at 5:45.
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