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Design Devices to Help Astronauts Eat: Lunch in Outer Space!
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Watrous, Abigail Lander, Denali Myers, Beth Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Students learn about challenges of eating in the microgravity environment of space, includig the seven different forms of food that are available to astronauts. They follow the steps of the engineering design process, and then, acting as NASA engineering teams, they design and build their own prototype devices to help astronauts eat. In this open-ended design/build project, students learn about the unique challenges astronauts face while eating in outer space. They explore different food choices and food packaging, learning about the seven different forms of food that are available to astronauts. Students learn about the steps of the engineering design process, and then, as if they are NASA engineering teams, they design and build original model devices to help astronauts eat in a microgravity environment—their own creative devices for food storage and meal preparation. A guiding design worksheet is provided in English and Spanish. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Biology Earth and Space Digestive System Food Delivery Microgravity Device Design NASA Open-ended Design Space Inventions Human Body Astronaut Project-based Learning Outer Space |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Biology Structure of the Earth |
