Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Physical Science, Chemistry, Forces and Motion, Gravity, Matter and Its Properties, Microgravity
Type
Educator Guides
This educator guide contains excellent background information accompanied by classroom activities that enable students to experiment with the forces and processes that scientists who study microgravity are investigating today.
Microgravity Educator Guide [3MB PDF file]
Lessons/Activities:
Microgravity In The Classroom
Accelerometers
Around The World
Inertial Balance
Gravity-Driven Fluid Flow
Surface Tension-Driven Flow
Temperature Effects on Surface Tension
Candle Flames
Candle Flame in Microgravity
Crystallization Model
Crystal Growth and Buoyancy-Driven Convection Currents
Rapid Crystallization
Microscopic Observation of Crystal Growth
Zeolite Crystal Growth