FROM TRAINING YOUR BODY, TO EATING HEALTHY, lET'S EXPLORE HEALTH IN SPACE AND ON EARTH!

​THE SPACE POTATO
Activity Duration: 60 min
​Recommended Age: 15-16
Design a deep space exploration ship that is supported by plants. Learn about the importance of plants to deep space exploration.
Train Like a Pro Cyclist
Activity Duration: 1 month 
​Recommended Age: 10-18
Are you bored just riding around without a purpose?  Do you want to train like a pro cyclist?  You're never too young to learn. Investigate what it takes to become an elite cyclist. ​
LIFE IN SPACE
Activity Duration: 90 min
​Recommended Age: 6th- 7th grade

Astronauts work to explore and help us understand our amazing and immense solar system and universe.  Let's learn together what happens to the human body when astronauts are in space.
THINK -  Let's Imagine a Garden in Space! 
CREATE - SciArt Exchange is pleased to partner with Magnitude.io to challenge you to create your #DesignYourHabitat garden at home on Earth, the Moon, or Mars.
  • Make your design or artwork realistic or fanciful! You can even start a REAL garden based on your designs!
  •  Share your garden-related design, image, poem, short video, etc. via social media using #DesignYourHabitat or via our submission system. 
  • Magnitude.io is offering small gift certificates for the best garden! $25 for first place, $10 for second place and runners up! Deadline is June 12th. All ages welcome to participate.​
Check out Magnitude.io's #LeguminautChallenge to think more about nutrition, growing plants in space, and how we can work together to make sure everyone on Earth has enough to eat! What's your favorite legume? Share via social media with #DesignYourHabitat. Sign up for the Leguminaut Challenge!
CREATE - What Do YOU Do to Stay Healthy?
  • Keep a journal and take photos of your physical activity and what (and how) you have been eating.
  • Check out our speaker series to learn about the importance of diet, exercise, and the total dining experience,  not just in space, but also in your home habitat!
  • Share images and stories (both helpful and funny) via #DesignYourHabitat in your social media post or use our submission system!  ​​
EXPERIENCE Our Speaker Series
  • Learn what happens to the the human body in space and how astronauts stay healthy by exercising.  ​Featuring Michael Barratt, NASA Astronaut and Medical Doctor
EXPERIENCE 
  • Learn about the power of multisensory dining and good nutrition. HAVE AN APPLE available with you while watching the video to get the full experience! ​Featuring Chef Jozef Youssef, Founder, Chef Patron and Creative Director of Kitchen Theory
EXPERIENCE 
  • ​Exercise like an astronaut, using whatever you have at home! USE A FILLED GALLON (about 4 Liters) JUG AND 2 CANS (about 0.5 kg each) or some light hand weights to get the full experience.  Featuring Dr. John Charles, Scientist in Residence Space Center Houston and Former Chief Scientist of the NASA Human Research Program; and Taylor Green, Personal Trainer and Bodybuilder
  • Learn more about the exercises and the space-inspiration behind them here. ​
Click Guest - Short Bios to learn more about:    - Michael Barratt M.D., NASA Astronaut
                                                                                   - Chef Jozef Youssef, Founder, Chef Patron of KitchenTheory
                                                                                   - John Charles, Scientist in Residence Space Center Houston
                                                                                   - Taylor Green, Personal Trainer and Bodybuilder 

CHECK OUT THIS WEEK'S #DYH SPEAKER SERIES VIDEOS