SPACE SHUTTLE BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS

Mr. Joseph Estes

Aviation Honors Biology

Aviation/Travel Program

GRADE LEVEL-SUBJECT

10TH GRADE - BIOLOGY

TIME FRAME: 3 DAYS

OBJECTIVES:

• 1. LOCATE INFORMATION AND MAKE ORAL PRESENTATION ON A BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT PERFORMED ON A SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION.

MATERIALS:

• 1. IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER WITH INTERNET ACCESS

  2. NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR BROWSER

  3. NASA SITE URL: http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/shuttle/

INSTRUCTION:

• 1. THE STUDENTS ARE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS OF 2-3.

  2. THEY ARE GIVEN THE URL, AND INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE INFORMATION ON A BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT PERFORMED ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE.

  3. THE STUDENTS ARE THEN ASKED TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS ON THE EXPERIMENT OF THEIR CHOICE.

 EVALUATION: 

STUDENTS WILL SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT OF THEIR PRESENTATION FOR FINAL EVALUATION.

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Aviation Academy 2000 - Aviation/Travel Program

Wooddale High School - Memphis, TN 38118