College-level educational activities about food systems for space travel.

These lessons, designed by ISU Faculty members, incorporate knowledge about space into existing curricula in food science, nutrition, and horticulture.

Soybean Sugar Extraction Through Innovative Blending Design (Topic: Food Processing in Microgravity)

Team Members: David Chipman, Jonathan Gettler, Clayton Neumann, Kevin Schroeder, Advisor: Dr. Cheryll Reitmeier

"ISU Students to Test Space Blender at NASA" —Press Release

Team CyMix Poster

NASA FTCSC Educator's Activities

Space Shake Activity (pdf)

NASA FTCSC space food activity for grade school students.

Make Your Own Space Food Tray Activity (pdf)

NASA FTCSC space food activity for grade school students.

Sample Space Food Label —(Word)
Parts of a Space Food Tray— (pdf)

Space Food Product Development Activity (pdf)

NASA FTCSC space food activity for students and educators.

What Would You Take to Space? (Picnic Basket Activity) (pdf)

NASA FTCSC space food activity for grade school students.

Aromas in Space (pdf)

NASA FTCSC space food activity for grade school students.

Trash in Space! (pdf)

NASA FTCSC space food activity for grade school students.

Space Garbage (pdf)

NASA FTCSC space food activity for grade school students.

NASA FTCSC Bookmarks [ top]

What's for Launch? Bookmark—2001 NASA FTCSC (pdf)

Food for Flight! Bookmark—2002 NASA FTCSC (pdf)

Advanced Food Systems Bookmark—2003 NASA FTCSC (pdf)

Space Food Firsts Bookmark—2004 NASA FTCSC (pdf)

Sample Space Food Label —(Word document)

NASA Educator's Activities [ top]

NASAexplores, NASA space food related-activities for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12—

Fresh Ideas for Space Food

Eating Right for Long-Distance Flight

No Pizza in Space?

A Matter of Taste

In the Thick of Things

A Hot Shower and A Hug

Microbes in Space!

Special Delivery

Educational Resources [ top]

• NASA Spacelink for Education An electronic space library for educators. Excellent source of information on NASA educational programs and instructional materials.
• NASA Explores Lesson plans/activities for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12 based on current NASA Aerospace Technology and HEDS projects.

• NASA Quest Interactive projects that allow students and educators the opportunity to communicate with NASA scientists and researchers.
• An Educator's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Aeronautics activities for grades K-4.
• NASA Learning Technologies Project A variety of projects that students and educators can use to learn about science, math, technology, engineering, and geography.
• Amazing Space Activities Fun space activities for youth.
• Plane Math Interactive learning activities for home or the classroom.
• The Space Place Space games and science activities. Learn amazing facts about the Earth and Space.
• NASA Connect Free 30-minute instructional programs that enhance the teaching of math, science, and technology. Grades 5-8.
• NASA "Why?" Files Instructional programs for grades 3-5.
• NASA Student Involvement Program Design a mission to Mars or put an experiement on the International Space Station.
• Earth to Orbit (ETO) Engineering design challenges for students.
• NASA Kids A fun compilation of NASA sites for children. [ top]
• Stardust Visit Captain Comet at this website for children.
• NASA JPL Kids Laugh and Learn at these JPL and NASA sites for kids.
• For Kids Only Visit this site to learn about the earth.
• Thursday's Classroom Provides a link between NASA research and the classroom.
• NASA Observatorium A public access site for Earth and space data. Fun activities for children.
• Classroom of the Future Educational webcasts in RealMedia.
• StarChild Information about astronomy, planets, stars, and the solar system.
• Virtual Astronaut An interactive 3-D NASA website for grades 5-8.
• NASA Johnson Space Center Educator and Student Programs Student and Educator programs offered by Johnson Space Center. [ top]
• NASA Educational Programs Links to everything that NASA does to help further education.
• Distance Learning Outpost Johnson Space Center's Distance Learning and Education Project.
• NASA Educational Workshops Details new NASA educational workshops offered to 5-8 grade science, math, technology, and geography teams of educators and administrators.
• NASA CORE NASA's Central Operation of Resources for Educators, established to distribute NASA-produced educational materials worldwide.
• NASA Educator Resource Center Network (ERCN) Inservice and preservice training for educators, demonstrations, and access to NASA instructional products.
• NASA Educator Astronaut program—Administrator Sean O'Keefe and Florida First Lady Columba Bush outlined a unique NASA program designed to show learning in a whole new light by giving students and teachers across the country an out-of-this-world experience. Nominate your teacher to become an educator astronaut!
• NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory Directory of educational resources produced by NASA's Space Science Education and Public Outreach programs.
• NASA Human Space Flight Historical information about NASA's Human Space Flight program. Great source of space facts for kids. [ top]
• Science @ NASA Great articles about the Universe, Earth, and NASA scientific discoveries.
• Today @ NASA.gov Current NASA news stories.
• NASA Fact Sheets Fact sheets about NASA Centers' projects.
• NASA Space Calendar Information on past and future NASA events.
• Astronauts (JSC) Astronaut biographies and info on what it takes to become an astronaut.
• How to write an Astronaut This page gives the address of the Astronaut Office, your first step in writing an astronaut.
• Women of NASA Encourages young women to pursue careers in science and technology.
• Shuttle Crew Equipment Information on astronaut hygiene, space suits, storage and other equipment. [ top]
• EarthKam Investigate Earth from space.
• NASA Skywatch Locate the ISS and Space Shuttle.
• Tour the Cosmos Hubble Space Telescope's latest discoveries.
• Send Your Name to Mars Send your name to Mars on the Exploration Rover in 2003.
• NASA TV Educational programming for teachers and students.
• NASA Kids Coloring Page Space images to color.
• NASA Multimedia Gallery Excellent source of NASA photos.
• U.S. Space Camp Information about Space Camp activities for students and adults.
• NASA Exchange Johnson Space Center and Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Space Shop Great places to buy NASA items (like dehydrated ice cream) for your classroom.

Space Food Facts [ top]

• Living in Space NASA's Human Spaceflight website provides information about how astronauts eat, sleep, work, and play in space. View the Media Player and Real Video clips this site offers on the topics of: —"Feeding Astronauts for Long Term Space Missions"—"How Astronauts Eat in Space"—"The Assortment of Food Available to Astronauts and How Food is Packaged"—and "Expedition One and STS-97 Crews Sharing a Meal on Zvesda."
• Expedition 4 Crew MenusSee what the Expedition 4 crew is eating daily while in space and learn other facts about them.— Expedition 3 Crew Menus— Expedition 2 Crew Menus— Expedition 1 Crew Menus

• Current Shuttle Crew Member Menus Menus of individual crew members of upcoming or very recent Shuttle flights will appear here as soon as posted by NASA.
• NASA Facts—Space Food (JSC Pdf Factsheet)

• Food System and Dining Information on food preparation and food preparation equipment on the Space Shuttle.

• Food for Space Flight Fact Sheet

• Most Frequently Requested Food Items

• NASA Advanced Life Support Information on BIO-Plex (NASA's Bioregenerative Planetary Life Support System Test Complex) and LMLSTP (Lunar-Mars Life Support Test Project.

• USDA Food Guide Pyramid

• Baseline Food List for Assembly (Pdf)

• Apollo Food List (Pdf NASA Spacelink-'99)

• Skylab Food List (Pdf NASA Spacelink-'99)
• Eating Right for Long Duration Flights (NASA Press Release, July, '01)
• NASA FTCSC Space Food Insights

Space Food Publications [ top]

A Taste of Space, 2000. Idaho Dairy Council. Boise, ID. 1365 North Orchard Street Suite 203, Boise, ID 83706. Information on eating and living in space shared by astronauts with Idaho connections.

Nutrition in Spaceflight and Weightlessness Models CRC Press. Edited by Helen W. Lane and Dale A. Schoeller. ISBN 0-8493-8567-9

Space Food and Nutrition, A NASA educator's guide with activities in science and mathematics for grades K-8. EG-1999-02-115-HQ. Available through NASA CORE.

NASA Facts—Space Food (JSC Pdf Factsheet)

NASA Food Technology Commercial Space Center Newsletter, NASA FTCSC activities and space food facts. Free quarterly on-line publication.

NASA FTCSC Advanced Food Systems Challenge for Planetary Exploration

NASA FTCSC Space Food Packaging Facts

Space Food Videos [ top]

What's Cooking in Space? approx. 11 min. NASA video on space food.

That NASA Show: Tortillas in Space approx. 27 min. NASA video on space food available through NASA CORE.

Space Food Tray Mock-Up Kits [ top]

In February of 2002, NASA FTCSC donated 16 space food tray mock-up kits to Iowa State University Extension Offices.

Modeled after food trays used by NASA, the space food kits can be used to educate Iowa students about space foods, food processing techniques, and nutrition. Each kit contains a NASA FTCSC space food tray mock-up, two color posters explaining the food trays, a video about space foods, and NASA's Space Food and Nutrition Educator's Guide.

The space food kits are available to Iowa educators for check-out through ISU Extension offices. For more information, contact the Extension Offices listed below, or Steve Truby, Extension Program Specialist, 32 Curtiss Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 515-294-2078, struby@iastate.edu

Northeast Iowa Area
Barb Sauser – Clayton County 563-245-1451, sauser@iastate.edu
Mary TeWinkel – Black Hawk 319-234-6811, tewinkel@iastate.edu
Gail Castillo – Franklin 641-456-4811, gail@iastate.edu

Northwest Iowa Area
Carol Ehlers – Sac County 712-662-7131, xehlers@iastate.edu

Southeast Iowa Area
Joann Augspurger - SE Area Office/ Ottumwa 641-682-8324, joannaug@iastate.edu
Julie West - Scott County, 563-359-7577, jwest@iastate.edu
Johnson County Extension, 319-337-2145

Southwest Iowa Area
David Seilstad - Harrison, 712-644-2105, seilstad@iastate.edu
Jane Hayes-Johnk – Montgomery, 712-623-2592, jhjohnk@iastate.edu
Southwest Area Office – Lewis, 712-769-2600

Central Iowa Area
LuAnn Johansen - Hardin County, 641-648-4850, luann@iastate.edu
Annette Brown – Story County, 515-382-6551, annbrown@iastate.edu
Polk County Extension Office, 515-263-2660 [ top]

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