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| Activity | Description | Time Required | STEM Field(s) | Recommended for 1 Day Event |
| What Makes a World Habitable | Assess planets as candidates for life. | 2 hrs | SM | |
| What Can Life Tolerate | Identify the range of terrestrial life. | 3-4 hrs | SM | |
| What Is Life? | Compare real and fake or live and dead objects and brainstorm ideas about what life is. | 2 hrs | S | |
| What Does Life Need to Live? | Understand that life needs water, nutrients and energy. | 1-2 hrs | S | |
| Bag of Bones → | Demonstrate the effect of bone-density loss in astronauts from extended periods of weightlessness. | 1-1.5 hrs | √ | |
| Get a Leg Up | Experiment and collect data to simulate the fluid shifts experienced by astronauts' bodies in microgravity. | 1-2 hrs | √ | |
| Mold Growth | Compare the growth of mold on tortillas and various types of bread. | 3 hrs | S | |
| Ripening Fruits and Vegetables | Test the rate of ripening fruit and use a chemical to inhibit the ripening process. | 2 hrs | S | |
| Fit Explorers Challenge | Participate in a variety of physical and hands-on activities to encourage students to train like an astronaut. | 4-6 hrs | S | |
| Vestibular- Ocular Reflex | Investigate to understand the vestubular-ocular reflex and the importance of visual cues in maintaining balance. [The Brain in Space Educator Guide p. 67] | 0.5-1 hours | SM | √ |
| Find Your Way Around Without Visual or Sound Cues | Play a series of games to investigate navigation and visual and sound cues. [The Brain in Space Educator Guide p. 81] | 1 hr | SM | √ |