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NASA’s Bioregenerative Life Support System (BLiSS) research was conducted at a variety of NASA centers and academic institutions but was primarily supported by the Biological Sciences Branch at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Classroom of the Future first put that research to use in BioBLAST®, its award-winning biology education CD-ROM published in 1999. The BLiSS Sim app was also featured in another NASA-funded Classroom of the Future project over the last two years, MoonWorld, a simulation in which players in the Second Life virtual world perform research at a lunar base.

The Bioregenerative Life Support System (BLiSS) Sim team is glad to help you integrate this iPad app into your science education activities and programs. Contact the BLiSS Team at BLiSS-Sim@cet.edu with your questions.
 * If you are interested in professional development training or implementation support for your school faculty or informal science education youth leaders, please review the LEARNING SERVICES section below.
 * If you have questions about the BLiSS Sim, you may find that others have already asked similar questions, and you can find the help you need in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section below.
 * If you have any technical problems downloading, opening, or using the BLiSS Sim, please refer to the TECHNICAL SERVICES section below.

LEARNING SERVICES - By integrating the plant science readings and lab activities that accompany the BLiSS Sim, educators can incorporate use of this iPad app into K-12 science curriculum. The BLiSS Team is also available to consult with schools, districts, and informal science education venues to recommend and as requested deliver professional development workshops and hands-on interactive distance learning presentations to demonstrate how BLiSS Sim and related resources can be used to support the new science education standards.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - We are compiling a list of questions submitted to us by BLiSS Sim players and our suggestions in response. Please stay tuned as the BLiSS Sim app FAQ is being organized now and will be posted here and on the NASATalk blog as we hear from our players and education community contacts.

TECHNICAL SERVICES - We understand that technical issues may arise as the BLiSS Sim iPad app is downloaded by a wide variety of users and contexts. As individuals let us know of any technical concerns or problems or new solutions they have found, we will share this information publicly via this page as well as on the BLiSS Sim NASATalk blogs.

Thank you for seeking more information about BLiSS Sim. We hope you will use the BLiSS Sim wiki and NASATalk blogs about BLiSS Sim to help us build an active plant science learning community affiliated with this app. media type="custom" key="18924380"

As of today Sep 13, 2012, we've received two reviews and two email comment regarding the BLiSS Sim app on the iTunes web site. Copies of the reviews and comments are provided below.
 * FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS **

Paul Holje - BLiSS Sim - Version 1.001 - May 16, 2012 - Highly engaging & educational A very well developed app, giving the user the chance to learn about plant-based life support systems for space exploration. Various scenarios and lots of levels to investigate. Well done! We'll let you know when the next version of BLiSS Sim is available. Thank you for taking time to give us a review!

Jeanne - BLiSS Sim - Version 1.001 - May 24, 2012- Re: First App from WJU Classroom of the Future Plants Seeds for Long Mission I've downloaded the app and looked at it briefly. I was a bit confused about what to do, but perhaps I need to read a bit more. Let us know if the instructions helped.

TexasArtist53 - BLiSS Sim - Version 1.001 - Aug 14, 2012 - Could be fun! All I can do is grow lettuce. I enter the days, 90 days then they grow and thats it finished can't do anything else. Deleted game. Sounds like you weren't able to get out of Level 1 of the game. Make sure you go the to RESULTS screen to answer the question that takes you to the next crop and the next level.