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Expedition Space Lab Mission:
Energy in Space

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ACTIVITY 1

SPACE STATION EXPLORERS PARTNER PROGRAM:

SPACE STATION ACADEMY

  • Participate in a series of simulations to experience what life is like in space.
  • Communication, collaboration, and creativity play a vital role in understanding what it would be like to live and work in space.

LESSON

Heat Shield (Return from the ISS) from DreamUp
Imagine being inside a fireball as you blaze back to Earth inside a spacecraft. This is the reality for astronauts returning from space. In this activity from DreamUp, students will create a heat shield to protect their candy bars from melting.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

space station explorers earth hook

The Heat is On

Orion Heat Shield

Hex Pattern - Angle

Career Connection

Mechanical Engineer

Speaker’s Bureau

TAKE THIS MISSION TO ANOTHER LEVEL!

Purchase a Quest Lab Level I kit.
Build a space kit that investigates heat transfer on Earth. Then write Arduino code to test your experiment on the ISS!

Expedition Space Lab is an online tool from the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory that provides educators with easy access to ISS-related lessons, activities, and other resources to integrate into their curriculum.