Upon completing this unit of instruction, students will be able to:

• List a variety of activities and experiments that have been done on the space shuttle (satellite deploys and rescues, Hubble, Galileo, SpaceLab)
• Examine the types of science done on board the shuttle in one of the following fields: Biotechnology, Biomedicine, Fluid Physics, Combustion Science, Materials Science, Space Science, and Fundamental Physics
• Explain the components of a typical extravehicular activity (space walk) and the various equipment (suits, tools, rescue devices) used
• Analyze significant impacts of spin-offs from Space Shuttle Program research
• List the major outcomes from the U.S.-Russian Shuttle-Mir program
• Calculate how much of a g force the astronauts experience

Click here to view the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for this lesson.

The student's assignment will be graded using the rubric in the mission of the lesson. The following components are required for this lesson:

• Composing an essay on spinoff technologies
• Solving the math problem
• Completing the quiz

Students are selected for the summer program based completion of lessons, score of quizzes, quality of work and timeliness.

Liftoff!