International Space Station - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 27
About This Presentation
Title:

International Space Station

Description:

International Space Station Science One of NASA's Rising Stars ... (Kilometers)-42.5-77.0381.9Latest Science News. A Pocket of Near-Perfection - 4/26/2004 ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:3725
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 28
Provided by: wsucat5
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: International Space Station


1
International
Space Station
2
  • Cindy Quinn
  • ED 417- 01
  • Spring, 2004

3
  • Unit SPACE
  • 3rd Grade
  • Lesson International Space Station

4
Objectives
  • Students will identify three reasons for
    construction of the International Space Station.
  • Students will name the countries who are partners
    in the International Space Station.

5
  • Students will perform
  • a rocket experiment
  • Students will calculate
  • the longitude and latitude
  • of the International Space
  • Station at a specific point in
  • its orbit, using a tracking map

6
Objectives
  • Students will understand and explain the concept
    of microgravity.
  • Students will identify a problem and design
  • a scientific experiment that could be carried
    out on the International Space Station

7
Materials
  • Amazing International Space Station by Yes Mag.
    Kids Can Press Limited, 2003.
  • International Space Station by Elaine Pascoe.
    Gale Group, 2003.
  • The International Space Station A Journey into
    Space by Wolfgang Engelhardt. Tessloff, 1998.
  • The International Space Station with introduction
    by Astronaut Scott Carpenter with Lets Read and
    Find Out Labeled Diagram of the International
    Space Station by Franklyn M. Branley. Harper
    Collins, 2000.

8
Materials
  • 10 balloons
  • Plastic straws
  • Clear tape
  • 6-8 yards of nylon monofilament fishing line
  • Scissors
  • 1 clothesline
  • Rocket launch diagram
  • Colored markers
  • Chart paper
  • Pencils
  • Rulers
  • Journals
  • Tracking map

9
  • Expedition 9 Mission Overview
  • http//scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov
  • International Space Station Science One of
    NASAs Rising Stars
  • http//www.msfc.nasa.gov/news/news/releases/2003/0
    3-219.html
  • NASAs Fundamental Space Biology Outreach Program
  • http//weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/
  • Space Shuttles
  • http//library.thinkquest.org/J0112188/space_shutt
    les.htm
  • Satellite Sighting Information for Dayton,Ohio
  • http//spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ci
    ties/viewsighting.cgi?Dayton.html
  • International Space Station Status Report
  • http//www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/mar/HQ_ss0402
    _station_report.html
  • 1 -2 -3 Liftoff
  • www.classbrain.com/artteach/publich/article_128.sh
    tml

10
Student Activities
  • 1. Students will divide into small groups of
    three to five. Students will brainstorm ideas to
    design a biological experiment that could be
    carried out on the International Space Station.
    When an idea is developed each student will write
    two parts of the experiment based on the
    scientific method.

11
Steps of Scientific Method
  • Form Hypothesis
  • Design Experiment
  • Acquire Materials
  • Perform Experiment
  • Record Data
  • Conclusion
  • Results

12
  • Students will perform the experiment with their
    groups.
  • Students will be assessed on written data and
    observed on how well their written part of the
    experiment was carried out.
  • Students will write three sentences to state
    their hypothesis and support their conclusions.
  • The scientific experiment will be submitted to
    NASA Space Biology Outreach Program.

13
  • 2. Each Student will draw three columns on an 8
    ½ x 11 sheet of paper. Columns will be labeled
    What I Know, What I Want to Know and What I Have
    Learned. Students will be given current
    information about the International Space
    Station. After the class discusses what they know
    students will work in pairs to do research on the
    International Space Station. The teacher will
    suggest topics for students to research such as
    information on which space shuttles and Russian
    rockets transported modules and materials to the
    Space Station. What are the names of the
    countries that act as partners in the Space
    Station? What types of experiments are carried
    out and why. How does microgravity affect the
    bodies and health of the astronauts?

14
  • Ask students to complete the What I Have Learned
    column in their K-W-L chart by listing five
    facts.
  • Using two facts students will write an
    informational story in their journals about what
    they have learned, writing two to three sentences
    and illustrating one of the facts they have
    learned.

15
  • Students will be assessed on the how, what, why
    and when of their descriptions.

16
3. Students will study a tracking map to locate a
point on the elliptical path of the International
Space Station at which to estimate its longitude
and latitude.
  • Science _at_ NASAStation LocationHelpTrackingSighting
    OtherJ-TrackJ-Track 3DStationShuttleMoreJ-PassJ-Pa
    ss E-MailFAQLinks27 Apr 2004 2037 UTCCurrent
    Station LocationLatitude(Degrees)Longitude(Degre
    es)Altitude(Kilometers)-42.5-77.0381.9Latest
    Science News
  • A Pocket of Near-Perfection - 4/26/2004Right
    now, one of the most precise physics experiments
    ever attempted is orbiting Earth Gravity Probe
    B. Its builders have created "a pocket of
    near-perfection" inside the spacecraft where
    spinning gyroscopes can sense the twisting of
    spacetime around Earth.
  • Keeping an Eye on Central America - 4/23/2004
  • A Gathering of Planets Part II - 4/21/2004
  • In Search of Gravitomagnetism - 4/20/2004
  • Subscribe for Science_at_NASA updatesUpdates once
    per minute
  • Curator Bryan WallsNASA Official Ron Koczor

17
Student groups will record their estimates of
longitude and latitude on the blackboard.
Students will verify their estimates by using the
daily tracking chart on http//scipoc.msfc.nasa.go
v. Assessment will be based on observation of
students application of knowledge of calculating
longitude and latitude to complete their
estimates.
18
  • 4. Each student will have a printout entitled
    Space Shuttles with which to identify the parts
    of a space shuttle and name the five space
    shuttles which have taken materials, including
    modules, to the International Space Station. The
    class will perform a rocket experiment.

19
  • Thread fishing line through a straw. Attach each
    end of line with the straw on it to the back of a
    chair. Stretch the line tight. The teacher will
    blow up a balloon and keep it closed with
    fingers. Tape rocket pattern to balloon. Tape
    balloon to straw, keeping it closed. Place
    balloon near one end of fishing line with the
    open end closest to chair. Perform countdown.
    Release air from balloon.
  • Make hypothesis about the amount of air released
    from balloon and how far it could go. For a
    scientist this is backed by the experiment to
    show that results are always the same. Have
    children choose a reason for how many times to
    repeat the experiment and ask them to record the
    results on a chart, numbering from one to five on
    the chart. Ask the students to draw conclusions
    about the direction the balloon traveled each
    time. Students will compare their data. Question
    students Did the balloon move in the opposite
    direction from the release of air from the
    balloon. Assessment will be the based on the
    ability of students to list reasons for the
    results based on the varying data.

20
  • 5. Each student will write a question that
    relates to
  • the construction of the International Space
    Station
  • the countries that are involved
  • the reasons for the types of experiments done in
    the labs on the International Space Station

21
  • The questions will be sent to Ask a Life
    Scientist at http//weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/
  • Students will be assessed on the correct use of
    semantics, syntax, punctuation and spelling in
    their questions.

22
Crystals grown on the International Space Station
23
Surface tension
24
Ohio high school student works with NASA to load
biological samples for an International Space
Station experiment
25
Crew members on their way home on space shuttle
Discovery after a 5 month stay
26
Space walk
27
(No Transcript)
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com