| Posted on Feb 02, 2012 03:07:19 PM | John Entwistle | 0 Comments | |
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Middle school students are doing research on the International Space Station? You better believe it!
“Insulin's Molecular Structure in Microgravity" and “Hepatocyte Development in Bioscaffolds Infused with TGFB3 in Microgravity" are both titles of experiments developed by students from Johnston Middle School, in Houston, Texas.
For proof of the inspirational impact of the International Space Station, you need only speak to the educators of the students participating in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, or SSEP. The program offered 41,200 students from around the nation the chance to propose and design a microgravity experiment with the chance of having their experiment flown aboard the space station.
You may read more about this story at www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/SSEP.html.
See how you can inspire your students by getting them involved in a simulated International Space Station experience. Log in to the NASA Explorer Schools Virtual Campus website and check out the featured lesson Engineering Design Challenge: Lunar Plant Growth Chamber and the NASA Now program Exercise Physiology: Countermeasures.
Tags : Middle School Students, NASA Now, NES Lesson-Engineering Design Challenge-Lunar Plant Growth Chamber, Student Opportunity
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