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  • Introduction to Venus & Mars: Space Travel Differences for Women and Men

    Title: Venus & Mars: Space Travel Differences for Women and Men

    Written by:  Loretta Hall, Space Ambassador, National Space Society

    Topics: Life Science, Physical Science, Engineering

    Audience: Grades 5 - Adult

    Have you considered how women and men acclimate to space travel?

    This presentation is classroom-ready to be shared with a inquisitive audience and will provoke interesting questions and stir listeners to find out more about paving the human way to space exploration! 

    Loretta Hall is a freelance writer who is primarily interested in researching and writing about humans preparing for and ultimately achieving spaceflight. She has written five books about space travel topics. She is a certified Space Ambassador for the National Space Society, a great organization that works to promote manned space exploration. Its Space Ambassadors give presentations like this one to inform people about space exploration and hopefully generate interest in and enthusiasm for space missions. 

    More information about the NSS Space Ambassadors can be found at: https://space.nss.org/space-ambassadors/



  • NGSS Related to Space Ambassador Presentation

    Loretta Hall:  Venus and Mars:  Space Travel Differences for Women and Men

    Ms. Hall’s presentation supports or leads to enriched discussion/application of the following NGSS.


    MS-LS1-8 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

    Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.

    MS-LS1-5 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

    Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.

    MS-LS2-2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

    Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

    MS-LS2-4 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

    Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

     MS-ETS1-1 Engineering Design

    Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions

    HS-LS1-3 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

    Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.

    HS-LS4-5 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

    Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.

    HS-PS2-6 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

    Communicate scientific and technical information about why the molecular-level structure is important in the functioning of designed materials.*

    HS-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

    Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.

    HS-ETS1-2 Engineering Design

    Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.

    High School (9-12)

    HS-ETS1-3 Engineering Design

    Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.


  • Venus & Mars: Space Travel Differences for Women and Men PowerPoint and Script

    In each slide of the PowerPoint you will find a number which corresponds to the script.

  • Bibliography: Venus & Mars: Space Travel Differences for Women and Men

    The following is a list of resources used by Ms. Hall in preparing Venus & Mars: Space Travel Differences for Women and Men: 

    "Sex, Space and Environmental Adaptation,"        

       http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/185051main_environmental_adaptation_workshop_11-2002.pdf


         "The Impact of Sex and Gender on Adaptation to Space," Journal of Women's Health, November 2014,                                                                                                 

    https://www.liebertpub.com/toc/jwh/23/11


         "Radiation Risk acceptability and limitations," Cucinotta F., 2010,  

              https://three.jsc.nasa.gov/articles/AstronautRadLimitsFC.pdf


         "Biological Effects of Space Radiation," Reitz, G., 2014,                             http://swe.ssa.esa.int/TECEES/spweather/workshops/proceedings_w1/SESSION1/reitz_biological.pdf


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