Life in Space Project - Council Rock School District
Life in Space Project Name: ___________________
Astronomy
Mr. Fetter
For this project, students will create a powerpoint presentation about life in the International Space Station. Each team of students will be responsible for the creating slides and presenting information about the following topic areas:
Group 1: The International Space Station
• What countries worked on the space station
• Size of the station
• When was it completed
• How was it be built
Group 2: Food
• How has the food that astronauts eat changed over the last 50 years?
• What kinds of foods do astronauts eat in space today?
• What methods are used to prevent food from spoiling?
• Any other interesting facts
Web Resources
Eating in Space
Group 3: Space Suits
• What are the main parts of a space suit? How do they work?
• Do astronauts have to wear the space suits all the time? Why or why not?
• What are some safety measures that are built into space suits?
• Do you think space suits are comfortable? Why or why not?
Space Suits
The Space Suit (history)
Group 4: Extraterrestrial Experiments and schedule
• Describe some examples of experiments that are conducted on the ISS?
• What do scientists hope to learn about life in space?
• Describe the daily schedule of an astronaut. How much time is spent on scientific experiment? Exercising?
Web Resources
click ISS then weekly science
Group 5: Sanitation in Space
• How do astronauts shower and use the bathroom in space?
• Do they have to wash dishes or laundry?
• How do they keep their living quarters clean?
• What special sanitation issues do astronauts face that those of us on Earth don’t worry about?
Web Resources
Sanitation
Group 6: Sleep and Relaxation
• Do astronauts require more or less sleep than normal when they are in space?
• How many hours of sleep do astronauts usually get each night?
• Do astronauts sleep in a bed? If they do not, how do they sleep?
• How do astronauts relax in space?
Web Resources
Recreation and Sleeping
Rubric:
Part 1 – International Space Station ______ / 10
Part 2 – Food ______ / 10
Part 3 - Space Suits ______ / 10
Part 4 – Experiments and schedule ______ / 10
Part 5 – Sanitation in space ______ / 10
Part 6 – Sleep and relaxation ______/ 10
|Pictures | |Creativity/Neatness | |
|Visuals are outstanding, large variety of picture |4 |Highly creative, visual attracts and holds attention |4 |
|Visual is very good, design is neat and effective |3 |Creative, design catches audiences attention |3 |
|Visual is good, little variety |2 |Somewhat creative, little sign of personal touch |2 |
|Visual is poor, 1 or less pictures |1 |Quickly completed with minimal effort |1 |
|Mechanics | |Extra points | |
|superior spelling and grammar, thoroughly proofread and |4 |Word art |1 |
|revised | | | |
|good spelling and grammar ,a few mistakes some proofreading |3 |Custom animation |1 |
|and revisions evident | | | |
|average spelling and grammar, more than 5 mistakes |2 |Slide transitions |1 |
|- poor grammar and spelling, many mistakes |1 | | |
Oral Presentation ( 15 points)
|Excellent ( 3 points for each) |Good (2 points for each) |Needs work ( 1 point for each) |
|Spoke loud, clear, with feeling |Speech volume changes, little feeling |Speech is difficult to understand |
|Maintained excellent eye contact |Intermittent eye contact |Little or no eye contact |
|Presented all key ideas and thoroughly |Presented key ideas and provided some |Skipped over many important facts, little |
|explained topic in detail |details |explanation |
|Little or no reference to screen |Relied on papers or screen, read too much |Relied on screen, read presentation |
|Well prepared, organized, each person knows|Prepared, but gets off track |Lack of preparation, difficult to follow, |
|role | |group did not rehearse |
Total Score _______ / 90
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