Space Spinoffs

Space Spin-offs

By Stephanie Paulus

​2. Answer the questions that follow using the website you opened.

https://homeandcity.nasa.gov/

1. Open this website in another tab.

Instructions

Choose "EXPLORE HOME" on the webpage.

1. ​Click and hold the house on the website. You can spin it around.

2. In the backyard, click the blue dot for 'Outside'

3. Grab the screen with your mouse and spin to the camper.

4. Click the blue dot on the camper.

5. Then click the 'Learn more' box arrow.

6. Answer the questions that follow about the camper.

DIRECTIONS

Drag and Drop

Small living quarters design​

While the ​

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is the largest spacecraft ever to orbit the planet — it's about the size of a ​

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— living and working space for astronauts is still at a ​

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. NASA created a studio called the Habitability Design Center to experiment with the interior design of spacecraft to ​

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usable space and make scientific research as efficient and ​

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as possible.

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International Space Station

football field

maximize

premium

effective

house

minimize

Skylab Orbiter 

loss

• Bathroom

• Kitchen

• Bedroom

• Living room

​1. There are 4 more areas of NASA Home.

​2. CHOOSE 1 and explore it.
3. Answer the following questions about your choice.

Open Ended

What area did you choose?

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What item did you choose?

How did NASA use it?

How does the average person use it?

1. ​Switch to 'VISIT CITY'.

2. Click on the NASA 'Headquarters' blue dot. (tall building)

3. Grab the screen with your mouse and spin to the MAP.

4. Click 'NASA Centers and Facilities' banner on the map. (lower left)

5. Answer the question on the next slide.

DIRECTIONS

Multiple Choice

According to the Map, the Kennedy Space Center is in the state of ____.

• Ohio

• Texas

• Louisiana

• California

• Florida

1. Go inside the Grocery and find 'Self-driving Farm Equipment'.

2. Click 'Learn More', scroll down, & watch the video.

3. Answer the questions on the next slide.

​Exit Headquarters and find the Grocery

Let's go grocery shopping.

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Beginning in the ​

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, NASA researchers developed software to correct for ​

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signal errors, enabling location accuracy to within ​

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.

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1990s

GPS

inches

1980s

feet

• Coastal

• Manufacturing

• Air Travel

• Automotive

​1. There are 7 more areas of NASA City.

​2. CHOOSE 1 and explore it.
3. Answer the following questions about your choice.

• Sports

• Medical

• Public Safety

Open Ended

What area did you choose?

Open Ended

What item did you choose?

How did NASA use it?

How does the average person use it?

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Scavenger Hunt

Search the CITY and find the 'Pressure Garment'.

What area did you find it in?​ ​

Select answer