International Space Station

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International
Space Station
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• Cindy Quinn
• ED 417- 01
• Spring, 2004

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• Unit SPACE
• 3rd Grade
• Lesson International Space Station
  

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Objectives

• Students will identify three reasons for
  construction of the International Space Station.
• Students will name the countries who are partners
  in the International Space Station.

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• Students will perform
• a rocket experiment
• Students will calculate
• the longitude and latitude
• of the International Space
• Station at a specific point in
• its orbit, using a tracking map

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Objectives

• Students will understand and explain the concept
  of microgravity.
• Students will identify a problem and design
• a scientific experiment that could be carried
  out on the International Space Station

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Materials

• Amazing International Space Station by Yes Mag.
  Kids Can Press Limited, 2003.
• International Space Station by Elaine Pascoe.
  Gale Group, 2003.
• The International Space Station A Journey into
  Space by Wolfgang Engelhardt. Tessloff, 1998.
• The International Space Station with introduction
  by Astronaut Scott Carpenter with Lets Read and
  Find Out Labeled Diagram of the International
  Space Station by Franklyn M. Branley. Harper
  Collins, 2000.

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Materials

• 10 balloons
• Plastic straws
• Clear tape
• 6-8 yards of nylon monofilament fishing line
• Scissors
• 1 clothesline
• Rocket launch diagram
• Colored markers
• Chart paper
• Pencils
• Rulers
• Journals
• Tracking map

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• Expedition 9 Mission Overview
• http//scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov
• International Space Station Science One of
  NASAs Rising Stars
• http//www.msfc.nasa.gov/news/news/releases/2003/0
  3-219.html
• NASAs Fundamental Space Biology Outreach Program
• http//weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/
• Space Shuttles
• http//library.thinkquest.org/J0112188/space_shutt
  les.htm
• Satellite Sighting Information for Dayton,Ohio
• http//spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ci
  ties/viewsighting.cgi?Dayton.html
• International Space Station Status Report
• http//www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/mar/HQ_ss0402
  _station_report.html
• 1 -2 -3 Liftoff
• www.classbrain.com/artteach/publich/article_128.sh
  tml

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Student Activities

• 1. Students will divide into small groups of
  three to five. Students will brainstorm ideas to
  design a biological experiment that could be
  carried out on the International Space Station.
  When an idea is developed each student will write
  two parts of the experiment based on the
  scientific method.

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Steps of Scientific Method

• Form Hypothesis
• Design Experiment
• Acquire Materials
• Perform Experiment
• Record Data
• Conclusion
• Results

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• Students will perform the experiment with their
  groups.
• Students will be assessed on written data and
  observed on how well their written part of the
  experiment was carried out.
• Students will write three sentences to state
  their hypothesis and support their conclusions.
• The scientific experiment will be submitted to
  NASA Space Biology Outreach Program.

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• 2. Each Student will draw three columns on an 8
  ½ x 11 sheet of paper. Columns will be labeled
  What I Know, What I Want to Know and What I Have
  Learned. Students will be given current
  information about the International Space
  Station. After the class discusses what they know
  students will work in pairs to do research on the
  International Space Station. The teacher will
  suggest topics for students to research such as
  information on which space shuttles and Russian
  rockets transported modules and materials to the
  Space Station. What are the names of the
  countries that act as partners in the Space
  Station? What types of experiments are carried
  out and why. How does microgravity affect the
  bodies and health of the astronauts?

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• Ask students to complete the What I Have Learned
  column in their K-W-L chart by listing five
  facts.
• Using two facts students will write an
  informational story in their journals about what
  they have learned, writing two to three sentences
  and illustrating one of the facts they have
  learned.

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• Students will be assessed on the how, what, why
  and when of their descriptions.

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3. Students will study a tracking map to locate a
point on the elliptical path of the International
Space Station at which to estimate its longitude
and latitude.

• Science _at_ NASAStation LocationHelpTrackingSighting
  OtherJ-TrackJ-Track 3DStationShuttleMoreJ-PassJ-Pa
  ss E-MailFAQLinks27 Apr 2004 2037 UTCCurrent
  Station LocationLatitude(Degrees)Longitude(Degre
  es)Altitude(Kilometers)-42.5-77.0381.9Latest
  Science News
• A Pocket of Near-Perfection - 4/26/2004Right
  now, one of the most precise physics experiments
  ever attempted is orbiting Earth Gravity Probe
  B. Its builders have created "a pocket of
  near-perfection" inside the spacecraft where
  spinning gyroscopes can sense the twisting of
  spacetime around Earth.
• Keeping an Eye on Central America - 4/23/2004
• A Gathering of Planets Part II - 4/21/2004
• In Search of Gravitomagnetism - 4/20/2004
• Subscribe for Science_at_NASA updatesUpdates once
  per minute
• Curator Bryan WallsNASA Official Ron Koczor

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Student groups will record their estimates of
longitude and latitude on the blackboard.
Students will verify their estimates by using the
daily tracking chart on http//scipoc.msfc.nasa.go
v. Assessment will be based on observation of
students application of knowledge of calculating
longitude and latitude to complete their
estimates.
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• 4. Each student will have a printout entitled
  Space Shuttles with which to identify the parts
  of a space shuttle and name the five space
  shuttles which have taken materials, including
  modules, to the International Space Station. The
  class will perform a rocket experiment.

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• Thread fishing line through a straw. Attach each
  end of line with the straw on it to the back of a
  chair. Stretch the line tight. The teacher will
  blow up a balloon and keep it closed with
  fingers. Tape rocket pattern to balloon. Tape
  balloon to straw, keeping it closed. Place
  balloon near one end of fishing line with the
  open end closest to chair. Perform countdown.
  Release air from balloon.
• Make hypothesis about the amount of air released
  from balloon and how far it could go. For a
  scientist this is backed by the experiment to
  show that results are always the same. Have
  children choose a reason for how many times to
  repeat the experiment and ask them to record the
  results on a chart, numbering from one to five on
  the chart. Ask the students to draw conclusions
  about the direction the balloon traveled each
  time. Students will compare their data. Question
  students Did the balloon move in the opposite
  direction from the release of air from the
  balloon. Assessment will be the based on the
  ability of students to list reasons for the
  results based on the varying data.

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• 5. Each student will write a question that
  relates to
• the construction of the International Space
  Station
• the countries that are involved
• the reasons for the types of experiments done in
  the labs on the International Space Station

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• The questions will be sent to Ask a Life
  Scientist at http//weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/
• Students will be assessed on the correct use of
  semantics, syntax, punctuation and spelling in
  their questions.

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Crystals grown on the International Space Station
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Surface tension
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Ohio high school student works with NASA to load
biological samples for an International Space
Station experiment
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Crew members on their way home on space shuttle
Discovery after a 5 month stay
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Space walk
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