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Challenge: Design a Martian

Preliminary Designs
Windsor Forest Elementary School
Team A

Characteristics of Martian plant

Our plant is a sponge that absorbs water from its pores. The bioluminescence from the light melts ice and the pores absorbs the water feeding the sponge.

The chemical reaction of bioluminescence makes the light glow. The hair purifies the water after the light melts the ice before it is absorbed. The seeds drop off after a leaf dies. The leaves absorb the light from the light to make its own food. The neck holds up the light.
Student diagram of Martian Plant

Mars Experiment WFES A
Diagram Key/Characteristics

  1. Water vapor absorbers take in the water vapor in the air that is turned into water that is stored in the water pockets/pores dump out what is not needed. Water pockets on the inside store the water.
  2. The light is created by bioluminescence to create the food for the “Mars Experiment WFES A” (name of our Martian plant). It also melts the ice around it for food.
  3. Hairs to keep it warm.
  4. Seeds to reproduce.
  5. Leaves to keep the seeds warm and to absorb the light and turn it into food.
  6. Light-shaped neck holds the light and the inner tubing to carry chemicals to power the light.

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