Program Details
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Age Ranges:
- Elementary
- Middle School
- High School and Up
Subjects:
- Earth and Space Observation
- Engineering and Robotics
Cost:
Free
Learn at home: track the ISS and watch it fly over, using web site and activity guide
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These activities help students learn about the ISS, how to track it, and how to monitor the work done by the crew of astronauts. You can use the by itself, or in affiliation with the ISS Above Device. All activities have been field tested, and are available in English and Spanish
The lessons are:
Unit 1 – Orbits
Orbital Tracks
Orbit Calculations
Unit 2 – ISS Passes
Active Passes of the ISS
Unit 3 – Scale of the Universe
Scale of the Earth, Moon and ISS orbit
Scale of the Solar System
Unit 4 – Changing locations
Changing location of your ISS-Above
Unit 5 – Scratch coding
Scratch coding to calculate distance to ISS
Unit 6 – Surviving in Space
Set a table for the ISS crew
Food, exercise and Sleep on the ISS
Whose onboard – ISS crew, current and past
It also includes 8 activities:
Brightness of astronomical objects
Other satellites
Journey to the ISS
Student experiments on the ISS
What do astronauts do all day
The one-year mission
Design your space bedroom
Views of the Earth and the ISS
