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This is an activity (located on page 131 of the PDF) related to sleep and circadian rhythms as well as space travel.

In this cooperative game, learners devise strategies about sharing a small space with each other.

In this astronomy activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will examine the effects of gravity on a person’s pulse and explore how gravity can differ from planet to planet.

In this activity, learners make models representing bones on Earth and bones that have been in space. They discover what happens to bones without proper exercise and nutrition.

In this activity, learners simulate what happens to a human spine in space by making Sponge Spool Spines (alternating sponge pieces and spools threaded on a pipe cleaner).

In this activity, learners experiment and observe how the color of materials that cover the Earth affects the amounts of sunlight our planet absorbs.

In this activity, learners discover if carbon dioxide has an effect on temperature.

In this laboratory experiment, learners explore how effectively different sunscreens protect yeast cells from damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

In this group activity, learners will mark important developments of life on Earth on a timeline (each foot in length representing 200 million years).

In this design-based activity, learners explore environments, ecosystems, energy flow and organism interactions by creating a model biodome. Learners become engineers who create model ecosystems.

In this activity, learners perform 20 arm curls with cans that simulate the weight of beans on Earth versus the weights of the same number of beans on the Moon and in space.

In this matching game, learners study the limits of life on Earth to see what other places in the solar system might sustain microbial life.

In this activity, learners investigate parallax, a method used to measure distances to stars and planets in the solar system.

In this activity, learners compare and contrast their own skin (including the area covered) with that of an orange.

This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore the difference between telescope magnification and resolution.

“Exploring the Universe: Imagining Life” is a hands-on activity in which visitors imagine and draw an extreme environment beyond Earth, then invent a living thing that could thrive in it.

This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity illustrates the value of supernovae in the universe.

In this astrobiology activity (on page 11 of the PDF), learners consider what organisms need in order to live (water, nutrients, and energy).

This activity generates learner excitement about light through the creation of a room-sized rainbow.

This activity helps learners understand how the angle of the Sun affects temperatures around the globe.