Real World: Heart Rate and Blood Pressure
Learn about the physiological effects reduced gravity environments have on the human body. Use multiplication to calculate cardiac output and find out what effect space travel has on sensory-motor skills, stroke volume and heart rates of the astronauts.
Background Information
Grades 6 through 8
- Lunar and Planetary Institute Effects of Space on the Human Body
- NASA Living and Working in Space
- NASA Human Research Program The Human Body in Space
Grades 6 through 12
- Baylor College of Medicine Center for Space Medicine How the Human Body Changes in Space
- NASA Cardiovascular Health in Microgravity
- NASA Train Like an Astronaut
Activities
Grades 6 through 12
- NASA Train Like An Astronaut
- NASA Pumping Up the Stress