Elementary Activities

From Outerspace to Innerspace: Activity Guides for Teachers
A series of educational units for grades 5-8 highlighting each of the NSBRI's research areas. Subsequent units, developed by Baylor College of Medicine, will give students the opportunity to investigate each NSBRI research area.

Sleep and Daily Rhythms offers teachers seven activities that help students understand not only how the body's biological clock adjusts during space missions but also addresses the problems humans face when adjusting to jet lag, night work or simply shifting from standard time to daylight-savings time.
Sample Activity (PDF 215KB)
Sleep and Daily Rhythms Download (PDF 2.2 MB)

Muscles and Bones offers teachers 10 activities that help students understand how the body's muscles and bones work. The activities in this guide help students explore important questions related to muscles and bones in living things; such as: Do you know which foods have lots of calcium for your bones? What are you doing to keep your muscles strong? and How do your bones and muscles work together?
Sample Activity (PDF 300 KB)
Muscles and Bones Download (PDF 2.6 MB)

Food and Fitness offers teachers seven activities to help students learn about the relationship between nutrition and fitness. The activities in this guide help students examine techniques to make life-long healthy meal and activity choices, such as determining the proper serving size, understanding food labels, and assessing proper nutritional and exercise choices.
Sample Activity (PDF 280KB)
Food and Fitness Download (PDF 2.2MB)
Food and Fitness Virtual Online Workshop

From Outerspace to Innerspace: Learning About the Human Body
An activity-based poster for elementary students links NSBRI research areas to related Earth-based conditions by posing and answering the question, "What can we learn in space about our bodies here on Earth?"

For more information or to request a copy of the poster or the Activities Guide, call 800-798-8244.