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Space Nutrition

Lesson Plan Details

Age Ranges:

  • Elementary
  • Middle School
  • High School and Up

Cost:

Free

This NASA guide from 2012 covers nutrition as well as exercise and other important human health considerations for space travel. It combines a friendly writing style and whimsical illustrations with detailed, well-researched information. It does not contain instructions for classroom activities, but it walks the reader through real NASA experiments in a way that could inspire students to come up with their own experiments. Grades 4-12.

Lesson Plan Files

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    Space Nutrition

    The Space Nutrition Team – Lin, Tim, Thea, and Diego –  guide students through the history of space flight, and the historical aspects of space nutrition.

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