Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Careers, Life Science, Technology, Living and Working in Space, Space Station
Type
Hands-on Activities, Videos
NASA Role Models: Phillippia Simmons and Jessica Caudle
NASA Center: Marshall Space Flight Center
Topic: Space Station Payload Operations Directors
Original Air Date: Aug. 25, 2020
“NASA STEM Stars” is a webchat series that introduces a science, technology, engineering or math career, addresses a STEM topic and highlights a NASA mission. The chat includes a STEM activity that students can do at home. After the interviews, experts answer students’ questions.
Learn about NASA’s Payload Operations Integration Center located at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama, and how Space Station Payload Operations Directors Phillippia “Phil” Simmons and Jessica Caudle lead their teams to coordinate all scientific and commercial experiments on the International Space Station.
STEM Short Activity: Sleep Science Activity
Objective: Describe causes of disruptions in sleep patterns, and identify ways to obtain healthier sleep patterns.
Duration: 1 hour
Materials Needed: Student activity sheet, pencil/pen
Difficulty: Easy
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-LS2-4