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| | Are there grocery stores in space? -- Grades 3-5
See some of the ways astronauts will have food for long-duration missions. | |
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| | Be a Fit Explorer Flier -- Grades 3-5
Students can "train like an astronaut" by completing activities in NASA's Fit Explorer project. | |
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| | Bending Under Pressure -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students will observe how an external joint in a spacesuit arm segment increases the bendability of the segment. | |
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| | Build It With Spacewalks Poster
Use the activities on the back of this poster to teach the technology behind space suits. | |
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| | Classifying Space Food -- Grades 5-8
In this activity, students classify the space food lists into the major food groups found in the Food Guide Pyramid. | |
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| | Cleaning Water Activity -- Grades 3-5
This lesson challenges students to create and test a water filtering system. | |
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| | Cool Suits Activity -- Grades 3-5
This lesson challenges students to find the relationship between energy reflection/absorption and color. | |
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| | Designing a Crew Exploration Vehicle Activity -- Grades 3-5
This lesson challenges students to build a model of a CEV. | |
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| | Did you know astronauts' bodies change in space? -- Grades 3-5
Even though our bodies change on Earth, the changes are more dramatic in space. | |
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| | Did you know NASA astronauts will recycle water in space? -- Grades 3-5
Nature recycles water through the water cycle. In space, NASA uses a water recycling system. | |
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| | Do astronauts need calcium in space? -- Grades 3-5
On Earth, one of the reasons that people drink milk is for calcium. Astronauts cannot take milk into space, and so they must obtain calcium in other ways. | |
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| | Do you know what a glovebox is? -- Grades 3-5
A glovebox used in space is not the same as a glovebox in a car. | |
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| | Exploring the Moon Educator Guide -- Grades 4-12
These activities explore features of the moon and discoveries from the days of the Apollo missions.
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| | Extravehicular Activity (EVA): Astronauts Walk In Space -- Grades 5-8
Watch as astronaut Linda Godwin explains the purpose of extravehicular activities, or spacewalks. | |
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| | Food for Spaceflight Activity -- Grades 3-5
This lesson challenges students to select and compare foods for spaceflight suitability, and package them for spaceflight. | |
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| | Food Selection -- Grades K-4
In this activity, students evaluate food products to determine their acceptability for spaceflight. | |
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| | Get a Leg Up Activity -- Grades 3-5
This lesson simulates the fluid shift felt by astronauts upon entering space. | |
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| | Have Food Will Travel -- Grades 3-5
In this lesson, students use the new food guide pyramid to design a nutritionally balanced diet for long-duration spaceflight. | |
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| | Human Needs Lesson -- Grades 6-8
This lesson will help your students answer questions about how people adapt to and meet their needs in new environments. | |
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| | International Toys in Space Video Resource Guide
Use activities about toys in space to enhance hands-on science and mathematics lessons. | |
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| | Keeping the Pressure On -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students can demonstrate one method for creating a workable pressure inside a spacesuit. | |
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| | Keeping Your Cool -- Grades 5-12
In these activities, students construct a cooling system for a spacesuit. | |
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| | Let's Investigate Mars Activity -- Grades 3-5
This lesson challenges students to develop an original, collaborative, inquiry investigation based on recent Mars robotic investigations. | |
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| | Life Support Systems -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students design and build models of life support systems for a settlement on the moon. | |
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| | Lunar Biosphere -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students build a lunar biosphere that is a balanced, self-enclosed living system able to run efficiently over a long period of time. | |
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| | Lunar Nautics: Designing a Mission to Live and Work on the Moon Educator Guide -- Grades 6-8
Students will design, test, analyze and manage a space mission from initial concept to project funding while using this set of hands-on activities. | |
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| | O2 -- How Much? -- Grades 5-9
In this activity, students will measure the quantity of oxygen a person needs during varying levels of activity. | |
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| | Planning and Serving Food -- Grades K-4
In this activity, students will plan a five-day flight menu and design a food tray that could be used by astronauts while in space. | |
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| | Ray Shielding Activity -- Grades 3-5
This lesson challenges students to analyze different materials to simulate space radiation shielding on a spacecraft and select the best material to build a spacecraft. | |
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| | Ripening of Fruits and Vegetables -- Grades 5-8
This lesson plan includes an activity in which students will experiment to compare the rate of ripening of fruits and vegetables when exposed to air. | |
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| | Space Food and Nutrition -- Introduction
Take a look through history to learn about the evolution of space food. | |
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| | Space Food and Nutrition Educator Guide -- Grades K-8
Students will learn important facts about nutrition by planning menus and studying about food eaten by astronauts while in space. | |
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| | Suited for Spacewalking Educator Guide -- Grades 5-12
The activities in this guide help students understand the history and technology behind spacesuits. | |
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| | Survival! Lesson -- Grades 6-8
This lesson will help your students answer the question: What are the most essential items for the survival of settlers and explorers in new worlds? | |
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| | The Brain in Space Educator Guide
Target high school students with these activities about NASA's Neurolab research. | |
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| | The Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) -- Grades 5-12
Learn about the parts of a spacesuit. | |
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| | Those Who Have Come Before Me Activity -- Grades 3-5
This lesson demonstrates the benefits of learning from the experiences of past explorations. | |
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| | Toys in Space II Video Resource Guide
Use activities about toys in space to enhance hands-on science and mathematics lessons. | |
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| | What are some challenges for a crewed mission to Mars? -- Grades 3-5
When people travel to Mars, they will need much more than a suitcase filled with clothes. | |
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| | What Is A Serving Size? -- Grades 6-8
In this activity, students will estimate serving sizes of different foods and compare their estimates to serving size information provided on food labels. | |
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| | Working in Space -- Grades 5-12
Learn about the tools astronauts use during a spacewalk. | |
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