Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Life Science, Technology, Health and Nutrition, Living and Working in Space, Space Station
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
Exercise is an integral part of the astronauts’ daily routine aboard the International Space Station. In this STEMonstration, Expedition 53/54 flight engineer Joe Acaba stresses the importance of exercising in orbit and dives into the science behind what happens to bones and muscles in microgravity.
Classroom Connection: Bone Density and Muscle Stress in Microgravity
Grade Level: 4-8
Time required: 60 minutes
Next Generation Science Standards:
4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior and reproduction.
MS-LS1-1. Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells: either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
MS-LS1-3. Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect
Science and Engineering Practices: Asking questions; planning and carrying out investigations; analyzing and interpreting data; constructing explanations