Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Life Science, Technology, Humans, Space Station
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
In this episode, watch NASA astronauts Megan McArthur, Shane Kimbrough, Mark Vande Hei, and JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide as they discuss the effects of the weightless-simulated environment on perception of motion, spatial orientation, and balance aboard the International Space Station. Learn more about how your vestibular system helps to provide you with information necessary to navigate your environment whether you’re an astronaut in space, or you have your feet planted firmly on Earth. This lesson was created in collaboration with Space Center Houston.
Classroom Connection: Vestibular System
Grade Level: 6-12
Time Required: 60 minutes
Next Generation Science Standards:
HS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical system that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
MS-LS1-1. Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made up of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.