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Skeletal System: Human Physiology in Space
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During this seminar, educators received information about the effects of microgravity
on the physiology of astronauts and the countermeasures NASA uses to help astronauts
overcome those effects when they return to Earth. This seminar prepared participants
to use the Skeletal System: Human Physiology in Space lesson with their students.
In the first activity, students discover how bone growth characteristics in our
limbs are related to our overall skeletal structure, particularly our height. In
the second activity, students compare the strength characteristics of various materials.
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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