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experiments

  • Foil Mitt (Adobe Acrobat document icon252 KB)
    Investigate the effects of sunlight on different surfaces and see how this impacts spacesuit design.
  • Shuttle Model (Adobe Acrobat document icon260 KB)
    Make a model spacecraft that can travel between space stations. You can use the Space Shuttle as a guide, or develop your own design!
  • Simple Tools (Adobe Acrobat document icon248 KB)
    Investigate the effect of gravity on tools we use everyday. What happens when we take those tools into space?
  • Observing the Moon (Adobe Acrobat document icon832 KB)
    The most familiar and brightest object in the night sky is the Moon. It turns out that we can learn many things about the Moon by carefully observing it. In this activity, there are a number of tasks you can perform yourself. You can also answer questions and discuss them with other members of your family to learn more about our closest cosmic neighbor.
  • Sunspots (Adobe Acrobat document icon636 KB)
    Solar storms can be a danger to astronauts out in space. They can send out huge amounts of radiation across the Solar System, which can harm the astronauts and damage equipment. Help astronauts predict these storms by building a pinhole camera to monitor sunspots, an indicator of solar activity.
  • What is Soil?  (Adobe Acrobat document icon504 KB)
    Dirt is something that you sweep off your kitchen floor, but soil is a marvelous material that gives us the food we eat and the clothes we wear. In this investigation, you will learn more about the soil in your own community.
  • Catch Some Air (Adobe Acrobat document icon408 KB)
    Use these pattern pieces to construct a paper glider. Then, flight-test it and experiment with ways to improve the design.

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