Curated OER
Our Amazing Skeleton
Pupils study the skeleton, about the number of and types of bones in the body, and how outer space affects astronauts' bones. They discover how to take care of their bones here on Earth to prevent osteoporosis, or, weakening of the...
Curated OER
LOOKING DEEPER
Students study trauma, recognize episodes that can produce it, and behaviors it can elicit. They glean an example of a potentially traumatic event. They need to think who might be traumatized and why.
Curated OER
Nutrition in Space
Students discover the importance of a healthy diet during space travel and examine the physiological changes astronauts experience while in space. In groups, they develop questions to determine an astronaut's food intake and identify...
Curated OER
Classifying Space Food
Students write a written summary of what they have learned about the astronaut nutritional diet in comparison with their own diet habits.
Curated OER
Apollo Moon Landing
Students explore paper rockets, learn about the Apollo Program and Apollo spin-offs, and use simple office supplies to design and create a new useful product. This amazing plan is incredibly well written and leads students through a...
Florida International University
The Good, the Bad and the Nasty Tasting
Examine the benefits of chemical defense mechanisms. Organisms in oceans use chemicals to ward off predators. Duplicate this adaptation using a hands-on experiment in which you ward off your predators (your pupils) with some bad-tasting...
Curated OER
Space Travel
Students study the International Space Station and space exploration. In this space travel instructional activity students describe the different types of engineers that contribute to space travel.
Curated OER
Go Nuts with Peanuts
Students learn about peanuts through online research. In this peanut instructional activity, students use provided links to research information on the origins of the peanut. Students collect information about peanuts also called goobers.
Curated OER
Global Change- Earth as Home
Students create their own environment. For this environmental protection lesson, students pretend they are the owners of a tropical island. They create jobs for the citizens and develop the island as a model environment.
Curated OER
Design a Space Station
Sixth graders investigate living in space. In this science lesson, 6th graders discuss what it is like to live in space and create their own space station or space city of the future.
Curated OER
Problems With Space Exploration-Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a passage about problems with space exploration, then complete a set of comprehension activities, including writing 2 paragraphs about a given topic.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Our Amazing Skeleton
This lesson covers the topic of human bones and joints. Students learn about the skeleton, the number of and types of bones in the body, and how outer space affects astronauts' bones. Students also learn how to take care of their bones...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: High Living
The Why Files have provided an article that explores the health effects of space travel. The site focuses on life on a space station.
NASA
Nasa: Repair Shops for Broken Dna
Discover more about the late-breaking research into DNA repair shops located in the cell. The work is being done by NASA scientists who are interested in the effects of radiation on astronauts. (Nov. 7, 2007)
CNN
Cnn: Buzz Aldrin Evacuated From South Pole
Buzz Aldrin, a former astronaut who walked on the moon, was evacuated from the South Pole after his medical condition deteriorated, according to a release.
NASA
Nasa: Los Misterios Del Cancer
One of the greatest dangers of space travel is the development of cancer through exposure to radiation in space. Scientists discuss studies of the development of cancer and its relation to this particular type of radiation.