http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/chemical
reactions/combustion.html
This site details information and balanced
equations for different types of combustion
reactions.
http://www.nasaexplores.com/show_58_teacher_st.php?id=02122392447
This graphing activity integrates science and
math in a space science perspective as students
learn more about yearly sunspot occurrences.
http://www.nasaexplores.com/show_58_teacher_st.php?id=030103102239
In this integrated math and physical science
activity students collect data and graph the
relationship between pressure and temperature.
They also practice converting temperatures
between the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales.
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/space_exploration_worldbook.html
This NASA Worldbook site contains excellent
information on the history of space exploration
and the development of rockets. A living in
space section details the dangers of space and
issues concerning breathing, eating, drinking,
eliminating body wastes, bathing, sleeping, and
working in space.
http://history.nasa.gov/EP-107/contents.htm
This is an excellent website about the history
of Skylab, the first U.S. launched space station. The
section describing the Skylab research programs
offers valuable insight to the kinds of experiments
performed in space.
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-caws.html
This leads to a great document about space exploration.
This particular page describes the caution and
warning systems found aboard space shuttles.
http://spaceresearch.nasa.gov/sts-107/107_mist.pdf
This NASA research report explains the ability to extinguish
fires in microgravity using water mist.
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