NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Audience: Educators
Grades: K-8
Product Number: EG-1999-02-115-HQ


Space food research meets the challenge of providing food that tastes good and travels well in space. The activities in this NASA educator guide for grades K-8 emphasize hands-on and cooperative involvement of students as they explore the unique problems of keeping astronauts happy and healthy in space.

Space Food and Nutrition Educator Guide [2MB PDF file]

Individual sections:
>  Cover
>  Introductory Materials
>  National Education Standards Charts
>  Introduction
>  Food Preparation for Space
>  Food Selection
>  Planning and Serving Food
>  Classifying Space Food
>  Ripening of Fruits and Vegetables
>  Mold Growth
>  How Much Is Waste?
>  Dehydrating Food for Space Flight
>  Appendices


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