1. Hydroponics vs. M icrogravity Co -Principal Investigators: Zachary FitzGerald, Ronnie Gibson, Jonathan Rocha, & Michael Zapcic

2. Introduction  Personal Background Information  Hydroponics vs. Microgravity Summary  Rationale

3. What is Hydroponic Farming? What is hydroponics. How we think hydroponics are going to be affected by microgravity. How hydroponics is used today.

4. Our Experiment Design Volume 1: Nutrient Enriched Solution Volume 2: Lettuce Seeds Volume 3: Formalin Materials we used Description of the experiment How the experiment works

5. Timeline And Predictions  What we thought would happen with our experiment  What really happed with our experiment  If we do it again what would we do differently

6. Results  What happened to the seeds on Earth  What happened to the seeds in space  Why we think these things happened

7. References www.hydroponicfarming.com www.ssephydroponics.com http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CCD/introsheets/hydrolettuce.pdf www.simplyhydro.com http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/aquaculture-and-soilless-farming/hydroponics http://www.fastcompany.com/3032307/innovation-agents/the-internet-of-things-meets-hydroponics-how-to-grow-a-better- vegetable http://www.fastcompany.com/3032307/innovation-agents/the-internet-of-things-meets-hydroponics-how-to-grow-a-better- vegetable https://www.youtube.com/user/GameGrumps Monmouth Medical Center Barnabas Center T & M Engineering Associates Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)Monmouth Medical Center Barnabas Center T & M Engineering Associates Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), SSEP National Partner National Center for Earth and Space Science Education National Center for Earth and Space Science Education Thank you!

8. Thank You All Thank you all so much for coming. We all had a blast working on this together. We are still so thankful that we were gifted with such a huge honor such as this. To stand and speak here before you is truly our pleasure.

9. Questions & Answers