Microgravity

Level: Grades 5-12
Included:

• Video – The “Gee” in Microgravity (60:00 min.) for Teachers & Students

• This video shows how scientists devise earth-based experiments to explore how biological, chemical, and physical phenomena act differently without the constraint of gravity. Shows how NASA research is conducted inside airplanes, rockets, drop tubes, and how experiments will take place in the future Space Station.

• Education Packet to accompany The “Gee” in microgravity, with presenter profiles, experiments, and background information.

• Three NASA publications: Microgravity A Teacher’s Guide with Activities for Secondary Level; The Mathematics of Microgravity; & Microgravity: A teacher’s Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics & Technology.

• NASA Poster: “Microgravity Research Program”

• Press Kit for the 1997 Space Shuttle Mission: Microgravity Science Laboratory.