nasa educator guides

NASA Educator Guides

The Educational Materials section of NASA's Web site lists classroom

activities, educator guides, posters and other types of resources that

are available to be downloaded and used in the classroom. Materials

are listed by type, grade level and subject. The following educator

guides are now available as complete guides or can be downloaded in

easy to use individual lesson plans.

Suited for Spacewalking Educator Guide

This NASA educator guide for grades 5-12 focuses on the technology

behind spacesuits. Briefly discussed are the space environment, the

history of spacewalking, NASA's current spacesuits and the work that

astronauts do during spacewalks. This guide includes classroom

activities, a glossary and a list of other NASA resources.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/

Suited_for_Spacewalking_Educator_Guide.html

Space Food and Nutrition Educator Guide

Space food research meets the challenge of providing food that tastes

good and travels well in space. The activities in this NASA educator

guide for grades K-8 emphasize hands-on and cooperative involvement of

students as they explore the unique problems of keeping astronauts

happy and healthy in space.