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Activity (Hands-On)Grades 3 - 5

Design Devices to Help Astronauts Eat: Lunch in Outer Space!

Materials List

Each group needs:

To share with the entire class:

  • paper
  • rulers
  • assorted building materials for their prototype devices, such as balsa wood, construction paper, toothpicks, popsicle sticks, white paper, string, aluminum foil, paper clips, styrofoam, foam core, film canisters, etc.
  • markers and crayons
  • (optional) hot glue gun (for use by the teacher)