Life Science – Learn Aerospace http://learnaero.space Advancing today's youth through all things aerospace Wed, 23 Nov 2016 04:09:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://learnaero.space/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-favicon-non-trans-e1466259323349-32x32.png Life Science – Learn Aerospace http://learnaero.space 32 32 116673269 Life Sciences in Space! Course Jan 12 – May 18 http://learnaero.space/life-sciences-in-space-course-jan-12-may-18/ Wed, 23 Nov 2016 04:09:27 +0000 http://learnaero.space/?p=336 We are super excited to partner with our local Makerspace Forsyth, in Cumming GA, for hosting classes!  On Thursdays starting January 12th, through May 18th, we will be studying Life Sciences, and not just what they mean to us here on Earth, but also how Life Sciences impact us in Space!  This will be a super exciting, and fun class investigating various areas of Life Sciences through hands on lessons and activities, and taking a look at a number of careers focusing on these areas.

Register now to join us, seats are limited!  Register by Nov 28th for a $50 discount using the code thanks4life

Over the course of 16 weeks, we will learn about the following topics:

  • Characteristics of living organisms and the operational definition of life
  • Designing and building biospheres
  • Testing tropisms (the growth movement a living organism has towards an external stimulus)
  • Spaceflight physiology including: oxygen needs, heart rates, importance of exercise, the vestibular system, orthostatic hypotension, carbon dioxide effects
  • Spacesuits and how they protect humans in Space
  • Radiation on Earth and Space and how it affects DNA
  • Space food chemistry
  • And more!

Hands-on learning activities will include:

  • How to take soil samples and test for life
  • Building a lunar biosphere in a team environment with each participant rotating scientific roles
  • Testing the effects of gravity on growth of plants
  • Simulate the effects of space on the human body through multiple experiments
  • Build parts of spacesuits to understand how they operate
  • Build DNA molecules
  • And more!

We will explore the following careers:

  • Soil and Plant Scientists, Robotic engineers, Anthropologists, Geographers, Astronomers, Astronauts, Botanists, Agricultural Engineers, Zoologists, Medical Scientists, Exercise Physiologists, Audiologists, Respiratory Therapists, Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists, Biomedical Engineers, Fashion Designers, etc.!

Beyond learning the science, we will develop these skills as a group:

  • Critical thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Decision making
  • Communication
  • Data collection, analysis and interpretation
  • Technological design
  • Science and technology in society
  • Algebraic thinking: analyzing patterns and relationships, probability, graphing, etc.!
  • And more!

Dates:  Thursdays, 10:00-12:00, January 12th – May 18th, we will take off these dates: 2/16, 3/16, 4/6

Homework will be assigned through the course and graded together as a group.

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