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Lessons online

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Subjects:	science, physics, biology
Level:	primary, lower secondary
Languages:	English
Type:	support materials
Format:	online documents and videos

Lessons online cover a variety of topics such as exploration, space transportation, radiation and fluids in space. They are based on demonstrations or experiments performed on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Each text lesson contains recorded short videos related to topics in the standard European curricula. The lessons also contain graphics that make curriculum-based scientific information easier to understand and remember.
Some lessons are also available in other languages.

Primary level

Columbus: Past, present and future - exploration (Earth and Space)

The Automated Transfer Vehicle - Space transportation

Life in Space - how astronauts live and work

A drop of water - properties of water

Lower secondary level

Radiation

Gravitation and weightlessness

A space compass - rotational mechanics

Bugs in Space - micro-organisms that can cause health problems

Space (fluid) oddities - flow of fluids

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Columbus The Automated Transfer Vehicle Life in Space A drop of water Radiation Gravitation and weightlessness A space compass Bugs in Space Space (fluid) oddities