Join ExoLab - An ISS Project for Schools with Magnitude

Discovcer how your school can replicate an experiment on the International Space Station with ExoLab in your school as we chat with Ted Tagami, User Advisory Committee - Education Chair at ISS US National Laboratory & co-founder of Magnitude!

Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education

About ExoLab

ExoLab is a science experiment where students from across the world compare their results with an identical growth chamber on the International Space Station. Schools have the opportunity to use the same equipment used on the ISS to give students an opportunity to participate in real-time research in a connected global school community.

Students collect and analyze data to identify the optimal combination of legume, bacteria, and soil to produce nodulation in the harsh environment of the space.

They engage in experimental design, data collection and analysis, writing and revising hypotheses, and communicating about what they’ve learned using evidence from their experiments.

Direct curriculum outcomes for high school

Guided by experienced educators from Fizzics Education & Magnitude.

Available globally for schools

The experiments are initiated on the ISS in accordance with resupply missions. This allows for multiple experiments per year, giving options on when to align the classroom experiment with the ISS experiment. Students look for relationships between the environmental conditions, including the effect of microgravity on the growth of living things in general.

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Australian high schools

Australian primary schools

For schools around the world

About Ted Tagami

Having built and sold his first dotcom in the 1990’s, Ted has been building Internet relationships since 1994. With leading work at Knight Ridder Digital and global brand experience at digital agency Millions of Us, Ted brings a unique perspective to modern experiential learning through the implementation of science and engineering based on the Next Generation Science Standards.

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About the FizzicsEd podcast

Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education

With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practise & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world!

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