Program Details
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Age Ranges:
- Elementary
- Middle School
- High School and Up
Subjects:
- Life Sciences
- Human Health and Biology
- Student Experiments
- Engineering and Robotics
- Physical Sciences
Duration:
10 Hours
Cost:
This program is free.
Orion’s Quest engages teachers and students in authentic space-based research through live or virtual “missions.” Missions are free, standards-based, and manageable in scope for easy integration into curriculum. In each mission, students analyze photo and/or video data downlinked directly from the ISS and submit their findings to scientists, making real contributions to world-class research aboard the ISS! Choose from missions that focus on butterflies, plants, microbes, spiders, stem cells, and more.
Each mission features:
- Mini-curriculum
- Correlated classroom activities
- Analysis of actual experiment photos and/or videos
- Optional extension materials
Current list of missions:
- Cancer Microgravity Research Experiment
- Stem Cell Studies on Station
- STEM on Station
- Managing Microbes in Space
- Plant Growth in Space
- Spiders in Space
- Fruit Flies in Space
- Butterflies in Space
- Silicate Gardens in Space
Cost: FREE
