Teachers around the building approached SSEP differently. In my 6th grade class each student was involved in a team approach to creating a microgravity experiment proposal. This is the cover of my Science Notebook – it’s covered with ideas from student’s brainstorms about what interested them about microgravity and potential SSEP experiments. The biggest challenge the 6th graders faced was taking their macro ideas and turning them micro. Students had completely do-able ideas, but transforming them to meet the constraints of the Materials List and the size of the MDA (what the experiment actually goes in) was difficult. Take the Moldy Tacos macro concept: Would a taco get all moldy in microgravity at the same rate as it would here on earth? Students could visualize a really small taco, but could they do something with the corn powder and honey from the approved Materials List?
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SSEP National Blog
- THE SOLUTION to the Mission 19 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? September 24, 2024
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 20 to the International Space Station, Starting January 6, 2025 September 13, 2024
- To All Student Researchers Now Engaged in SSEP Mission 19 to ISS – A Challenge for the Start of the Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? September 11, 2024
- SSEP Mission 19 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 9,800 Participating Students Across 21 Communities in the U.S., Canada, Ukraine, Brazil and Portugal September 3, 2024
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