Audience
Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8
Subject
Life Science, Health and Nutrition, Living and Working in Space
Type
Read About It, Videos, Websites
Do these activities to see if you can live at home like an astronaut lives in space. Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) often spend six or more months in space, orbiting Earth. The living space is small, but astronauts still need to do their everyday living, such as working, eating, relaxing and exercising. Astronauts need to do these things with fewer resources than they have on Earth.
Imagine you and your family are astronauts on the space station right now. You can only use the resources available to you. How would you adapt to the challenges and still keep doing important routines like exercising, learning and making time for fun? Try these activities to find out