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Microgravity
A Teacher's Guide With Activities in Science, Mathematics, and TechnologyThis educator guide contains excellent background information accompanied by classroom activities that enable students to experiment with the forces and processes microgravity scientists are investigating today.
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Download the entire Microgravity (174 pages - 6 MB) or download the sections you want below...
Cover, Title Page, Table of Contents, etc. (628 K)
Introduction to Microgravity (220 K)
Microgravity Science Primer (1.2 MB)
Microgravity Science Space Flights (1 MB)
Future Directions (68 K)
Glossary (40 K)
Activities Table of Contents and Matrix (40 K)
ACTIVITIES
- Microgravity in the Classroom (344 K)
- Accelerometers (244 K)
- Around the World (288 K)
- Inertial Balance (312 K)
- Gravity Driven Fluid Flow (240 K)
- Temperature Effects on Surface Tension (588 K)
- Candle Flames (180 K)
- Candle Flame in Microgravity (304 K)
- Crystallization Model (324 K)
- Crystal Growth and Buoyancy Driven Convection Currents (352 K)
- Rapid Crystallization (184 K)
- Microscopic Observation of Crystal Growth (240 K)
- Zeolite Crystal Growth (360 K)
NASA Resources for Educators (404 K)
The Mathematics of Microgravity
This publication identifies the underlying mathematics and physics principles that apply to microgravity.
Download The Mathematics of Microgravity (18 pages - 1 MB)
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Last modified by Nathan Smith - 17 July 2002