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Years 4-6 Rich Task #7
Space Futures

 

 

Critical Thinking and Scientific Method List of hotlinks. 
Food for Space Flight NASA site.  Detailed information about what food is supplied to space shuttle and space station, how it is prepared and stored.
Intergalactic Travel Agents Webquest.  Includes guide questions.
NASA Dryden Research Aircraft Photo Collection Gallery of photos of aircraft, including the Space Shuttle.  May be used for individual study purposes.
Online from Jupiter A NASA Quest.  Some excellent learning activities that compare Jupiter to Earth.
Space C.A.D. Thinkquest that investigates designing a space station.  Intended for secondary students.
Space Station: Room with a View Webquest.  Designing a living module on a new space station.
Spinoff Periodical from NASA which explains the commercial spin-offs from space technology.  Detailed articles.  Choose a year, check the table of contents and find the category that interests you.
STARS Program Program that allowed students to send experiments into space aboard the ill-fated Columbia space shuttle.  Gives access to experiments and data collected.
Teachers Space Resources Pdf files for activity booklets.
Toys in Space A 26-page pdf document.  Explains the experiments in space and the materials on a video.  Includes classroom microgravity experiment.

 Thanks to Mrs H. Henrich for some of the links on this page.

                                       

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