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L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
04/28/2025
Can cells grow food for astronauts on long missions in space?
Scientists may have found the answer to feeding space crews on journeys to Mars, which could last years. The solution they're trying is growing fuel, food, and even medicine en route, starting with just a handful of cultivated cells and a bioreactor. The European Space Agency recently launched a small bioreactor to test the viability of lab-grown food in the low gravity and higher radiation of orbit.■Class discussion: Scientists have already produced lab-grown food on Earth. Would you ever try eating a steak grown in a lab? Why or why not? How about using fuel or medicine produced in a bioreactor? It costs an estimated $26,000 a day to feed one astronaut on the International Space Station. Could lab-grown food make long-term space missions more possible? What other problems need to be solved for future manned space exploration?
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