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Books

Berger, Melvin and Gilda: Can You Hear A Shout in Space? Scholastic, Inc., 2000. ISBN: 0439148790

Chang, Kimberly; Moreno, Nancy; and Tharp, Barbara: National Space Biomedical Research Institute: Muscles and Bones Activities Guide for Teachers. Baylor College of Medicine, 2000. (Download this book at http://www.nsbri.org/Education/Elem_Act.html)

Daynes, Katie and Wray, Zoe: Living In Space. Usborne Publishing, Inc., 2003. ISBN: 0794503012

Hayden, Kate: DK Readers: Astronaut, Living in Space. DK Children, 2000. ISBN: 0789454211

Moreno, Nancy; Clayton, Sonia; Cutler, Paula; Young, Martha; and Tharp, Barbara: National Space Biomedical Research Institute: Food and Fitness Activities Guide for Teachers. Baylor College of Medicine, 2004. (Download this book at http://www.nsbri.org/Education/Elem_Act.html)

Moreno, Nancy and Tharp, Barbara: National Space Biomedical Research Institute: Sleep and Daily Rhythms Activities Guide for Teachers. Baylor College of Medicine, 2000. (Download this book at http://www.nsbri.org/Education/Elem_Act.html)

Web Sites

NASA’s EdSpace: Living in Space
Find out more about living and working in reduced gravity.
http://edspace.nasa.gov/livespace

NASA’s EdSpace: Astronaut School
Find out if you have the “right stuff” through a series of virtual training exercises at this site.
http://edspace.nasa.gov/astroschool/

National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)
Discover more educational materials developed by NSBRI. http://www.nsbri.org/Education/Materials.html

NASA Living in Space
Learn more about space food, space wear, space work, and space play at this site.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/
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National Science Education Standards (NSES)

Content Standard A: Science as Inquiry

  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (K–8)
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry (K–8)

Content Standard C: Life Science

  • The characteristics of organisms (K-4)
  • Organisms and their environment (K-4)
  • Structure and function in living systems (5-8)
  • Diversity and adaptations of organisms (5-8)

Content Standard E: Science and Technology

  • Abilities of technological design (K–8)

Content Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

  • Changes in environments (K-4)

National Health Education Standards (NHES)

Standard 4: Students will analyze the influence of culture, media technology and other factors on health.

  • Describe ways technology can influence personal health (K-4)

INational Mathematics Education Standards (NCTM)

Data Analysis and Probability Standard

  • Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them
    • collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments
  • Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data
    • propose and justify conclusions and predictions that are based on data and design studies to further investigate the conclusions and predictions