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- Appropriate grades
- 6
- Subjects
- science (space exploration), thinking skills (information literacy, research skills)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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In this Science Update, students explore the collaborative efforts of Cornell University, Tuskeegee University, and the Johnson Space Center to develop the space menu that will provide nourishment for astronauts on the first manned mission to Mars. This sound file addresses the use of hydroponic farms in the production of plant-based diets. Science NetLinks provides a link to the audio file, a written transcript and questions that engage students in discussion about the practicality of providing food for a mission to Mars. This lesson also contains links to related interactive lessons from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, an explanation of what it might be like living in outer space, and other similar Science NetLinks lessons.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 6
- Goal 1: The learner will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.01: Identify and create questions and hypotheses that can be answered through scientific investigations.
- Objective 1.05: Analyze evidence to:
- Explain observations.
- Make inferences and predictions.
- Develop the relationship between evidence and explanation.
- Objective 1.08: Use oral and written language to:
- Communicate findings.
- Defend conclusions of scientific investigations.
- Objective 1.09: Use technologies and information systems to:
- Research.
- Gather and analyze data
- Visualize data.
- Disseminate findings to others.
- Objective 1.10: Analyze and evaluate information from a scientifically literate viewpoint by reading, hearing, and/or viewing:
- Scientific text.
- Articles.
- Events in the popular press.
- Goal 5: The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
- Objective 5.04: Describe space explorations and the understandings gained from them including:
- N.A.S.A.
- Technologies used to explore space.
- Historic timeline.
- Apollo mission to the moon.
- Space Shuttle.
- International Space Station.
- Future goals.
- Objective 5.04: Describe space explorations and the understandings gained from them including:
