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EXPEDITION SPACE LAB MISSION:

Matter in Space

1 Activity

Activity 1

Space Station Explorers Partner Program:

Slime in Space

Take a look at how a non-Newtonian fluid behaves in space with Nickelodeon’s Slime in Space!
Students will study matter in its most unusual form and determine if slime behaves differently in microgravity compared with how it behaves here on Earth.

Lesson

Slime from Science Buddies
Oooey, gooey, and messy matter takes flight in this slime in space activity from Nickelodeon. Combine ingredients to form the polymer that makes up slime and explore the properties of this non-Newtonian substance with some help from astronauts on the ISS.

Additional Resources

Astronauts Get Slimed by Newsela.com

Moving Water in Space

Career Connection

Materials Scientist

Speaker’s Bureau

Take this mission to another level!

Quest for Space Level I
Purchase a Quest Lab Level I kit.
Build a space kit that investigates heat transfer on Earth. Then write Arduino code to test your experiment on the ISS!

Expedition Space Lab is an online tool from the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory that provides educators with easy access to ISS-related lessons, activities, and other resources to integrate into their curriculum.