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Space Place: Make Asteroids You Can Eat DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/asteroid-potatoes
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This hands-on, food preparation activity is designed to familiarize children with asteroids: what they are, where they orbit, how they formed, what they look like (making mashed potato mixture look like an asteroid), and why we care about them. Introduces NASA's Deep Space 1 mission that flew very close to Asteroid Braille. The Space Place is an educational NASA site for children and adults with activities and facts related to the exploration of space?past, current, and future. Some activities are computer-interactive and many are real-world-interactive.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Primary (K-2)
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
    • Computer activity
Subject:
  • Space science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
None.
DLESE Catalog ID: NASA-ESERevProd-000-000-000-381
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: NASA JPL