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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ask an Astronaut

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners read what questions have already been asked from the archives. They then categorize what is already known (each student should be able to give a question which has already been asked and answered), what they would like to know,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TE Lesson: Out of Breath

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the parts of the human respiratory system while examining the gas exchange that takes place in the lungs. They make a model lung. They look at how the respiratory system is affected by spaceflight.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Following Directions

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the way astronauts practice and train to improve their efficiency in completing challenging tasks. They time and graph how long it takes to follow a list of directions. Also, they determine how practice and repetition...
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Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication

For Students 9th - 10th
The official transcription of John Glenn's in-flight communication with Mission Control during his orbit around the earth in 1962.
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Interactive
Other

University of Southern California: Spacewalk

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive game is available for free download. Players are meant to be together in the same vicinity. In the game, players explore the International Space Station and leave it to take a walk in space.
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Website
Other

German Aerospace Center: Human Spaceflight Missions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the German Aerospace Center, contains detailed information on missions to Mir from March '92 to March '97 displayed in the links below.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Liftoff Into Space

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about the history of space exploration and what is happening in the current space program.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: People and Space

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learn about the types of food that astronauts must eat while in space and how that food is prepared for space travel.