LifeLines OnLine Investigative Case-Based Learning

NSTA

Special Edition

April 8, 2000

Developing strategies for lifelong problem solving

Corn Blight Update

 

Teosinte, corn's wild relative, may provide the genes for resistance to current blight.

Corn Growers Fear Losses

Last season, the European corn borer devastated 40% of corn fields in the region and the mild winter has farmers worried.

 

How do you investigate the possibility of developing self-contained life support systems for living in space stations or traveling long distances? Biosphere 2 housed eight people for two years(1991-1993) in an attempt to answer these questions and others. Now a lab and museum, the structure is open to visitors.