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Engineering Design Challenge: Lunar Growth Chamber (November 15th, 2007)
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Arlington Science Focus School 4th grade students present their lunar growth chambers to the expert panel. For International Education Week, the Department partnered with NASA, the U.S National Arboretum, the Arlington Science Focus School 4th grade science class, and the Herb Society of America to encourage the 4th grade science classes to participate in NASA's Engineering Design Challenge to build lunar growth chambers for growing plants in space.


STS-118 Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan and Canadian Space Agency STS-118 Mission Specialist Dave Williams greet 4th grade Arlington Science Focus School students and principal Mary Begley at the U.S. National Arboretum. Arlington Science Focus School 4th grade students present their lunar growth chambers to the expert panel.

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