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Keywords:

Neuroscience, Neurology, Space travel, Living in space, Nervous system

Mediator:

Middle school teachers

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources: 

1 pitch box-at least 30 cm x 30 cm x 45 cm (12" x 12" x 18"); 1 piece of poster board or foam board large enough to cover the opening of the pitch box (for viewing screen frame) ; 1 piece of butcher paper or lightweight graph paper; large enough to cover the opening of the pitch box ; 1 laser pointer or home made flashlight pointer ; 1 chair or stool with adjustable height ; 1 level desk or table to put the pitch box on ; 1 ruler ; 1 blue pencil and 1 red pencil ; 2 stack of books; each stack approximately 5 cm (2") high; a number of identical thin books is ideal ; 1 black marking pen; wide-tipped; or black tempera paint and a soft paint brush (approx. 1") ; 1 transparency of NASA Pitchbox Data or a copy for each student (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/teachers/stellar/pbdata.html); Optional: small desk lamp or clip on lamp for inside the pitch box apparatus. ; "Seeing At the Right Angle" Data Sheet: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/teachers/stellar/seedatasht.html; Pencils; Pitchbox Data Graph sheet: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/teachers/stellar/graph.html