LEARNING HUB connecting Science curricula to everyday applications with LESSON PLANS, lab aids and more

Prior Knowledge/Preview

Respiration review and fermentation CK-12

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Inquiry science

       Printable activity

Respiration activity Section 23.2 CK-12

       On-line activity

Compare Respiration and Cellular respiration CK-12

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LAB experiments

       Lab #1 How much air is needed? NASA

       Lab #2 Respiratory System LAB activity online – choose the sections to be done ALG

       Lab #3

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Aerospace CONNECTIONS:

Applications and examples

NASA Sheds Light on Known Pilot Breathing Issue in Jet Aircraft NASA

Pulmonary challenges of prolonged journeys to space: taking your lungs to the Moon NIH

Lungs in Space MDPI

Space Station Leads to Breakthroughs in Human Health on Earth – breathing easier NASA

Tech that helped John Glenn breathe in orbit is on your flight too NASA

Breathing Easy in Space NASA

Making oxygen in the ISS pie cubed

( Nutrition in Space NASA ISS demo)

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EXTENSION material for the curious

Human powered ventilator AND Human Tissue like Cellular Assemblies Grown for Respiratory Studies NASA Technology Transfer Program And see it in a video

ISS Muscle, Eye and Breath Research Keeping Crews Healthy in Weightlessness NASA

ISS Cygnus training, Respiratory Health and Performance Studies Today – ISS air quality tests NASA

ISS experiments: Gaucho lung research on mucous membranes NASA

Research into Moon dust toxicity NASA Taskbook 

Getting oxygen in space NASA

Why do we hiccup? New York Times

Breathing in spacecraft and airplanes Pie Cubed

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