Mission Sprouts 

Modbury School P-6 is pleased to advise that we were successful in being selected to be part of Mission Sprouts. Australian astronaut and 2026 Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg, is giving students across Australia the opportunity to conduct a real space science experiment from their own classroom. Once we receive the kit, we will provide further information to our students. 

https://www.space.gov.au/meet-katherine-bennell-pegg

Students will get hands-on access to seeds that have actually travelled to the International Space Station, comparing these space-flown seeds with Earth-based controls and investigating the differences for themselves.

Mission Sprouts is proudly delivered through a collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology, the Australian Space Agency, the National Australia Day Council, Plants for Space ARC Centre of Excellence and powered by LaunchLabz.

100,000 Aussie students are set to solve one of the most important questions facing future space exploration – how will spaceflights affect plants?

Through Mission Sprouts, students will conduct experiments using seeds that have travelled to the International Space Station, bringing genuine space research into classrooms across the country.

The Australian Space Agency-backed program has attracted extraordinary interest since its launch in July. More than 1,400 schools submitted expressions of interest, significantly exceeding initial expectations.

Originally aiming to reach around one in 10 Australian schools by the end of the year, Mission Sprouts will now place free experiment kits into one in seven schools nationwide.