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21st CENTURY EXPLORER
Are we there yet?
Why do astronauts eat tortillas instead of bread?
How would your body change in space?
How can we travel faster in space?
What will replace the Space Shuttle?
Why do robots travel places before people?
Why return to the Moon before going to Mars?
Why do we want to study and travel to Mars?
Where would a space explorer find water and oxygen?
What would you find on the Moon’s surface?
What would you hear in a weather report from Mars?
How will your imagination help you become an explorer?
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Books

Walker, Niki and Kalman, Bobbie: The Life of an Astronaut (Eye On The Universe). Crabtree Publishing, 2000. ISBN: 0865056935

Berger, Melvin. Water, Water Everywhere: A Book About the Water Cycle. Ideals Children's Press, 2001. ISBN: 0824953126

McKinney, Barbara Shaw. A Drop Around the World. Dawn Publications. 1998. ISBN: 1883220726

Web Sites

Living on the International Space Station
Visit NASA’s web site to find out how astronauts handle their basic needs while living in space. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html

Advanced Life Support
Check out this web site to discover NASA’s ideas about how to take care of astronauts on long space flights. http://advlifesupport.jsc.nasa.gov/
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NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS
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 F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

  • Personal health (K–8)

National Health Education Standards (NHES)

Health Education Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.

  • demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal health