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Properties of Living Things: Fingerprints of Life
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This web seminar for teachers of grades 5–8 included an inquiry-based lesson introducing
life forms living in extreme environments. The seminar featured the “It’s Just Right”
activity, an experiment to determine a range of tolerance for temperature extremes
in samples of baker’s yeast. During the seminar educators saw how temperature is
related to the growth and survival of organisms. They also explored a number of
online resources for astrobiology lessons focused on related topics, such as the
diverse conditions where life can be found on Earth.
Details
This web seminar is part of a series of electronic professional development experiences
sponsored by the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) project. NASA Explorer Schools invests
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics educators to inspire and engage
a whole generation of future scientists, engineers and technicians that NASA needs
to continue our journey. NES gives educators of grades 4-12 free access to NASA’s
people, missions, research, and facilities. We take the work out of searching through
thousands of materials on the NASA website and provide a comprehensive set of teaching
materials for dozens of STEM concepts. For additional information about the NASA
Explorer Schools project, visit
http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
See when other
NASA Explorer Schools Web Seminars are Scheduled
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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Sponsored by NASA
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