Toolkit for educators and youth – Food production on the Moon & remote areas
This web package is a one-stop resource for educators and youth who want to learn about food in space. This toolkit aims to outline how food production in space can relate to the health and nutrition of astronauts as well as benefit humans on Earth.
Reading list
Things to do
- Space Brain Hack – food production on the Moon edition
- Food and nutrition-related activities and experiments (for Grades 6 to 9)
- Interplanetary Farming
- Master Chef: Mars
- Close Encounters of the Tasty Kind
- Healthy Meals in Microgravity
- ISS Ingredients: Reading Food Labels
- Keeping Food Safe on Earth and in Space
- O Canada! Food on the International Space Station
- Soaring in Space with Canada's Food Guide
- Space Jam! An Astronaut Lunch
- Health in Space travelling exhibition – Digital learning kit and experiments
- Educational activity kits:
- Biosecurity (Grades 5 to 12, Ontario; Grade 5 to Secondary 5, Quebec)
- Chews Wisely (Grade 5)
Infographics and other visuals
Videos
- Feeding the astronauts of the future
- My job? Growing food in space
- My job? Creating menus for astronauts
- Deep Space Food Challenge
- Video series with CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques aboard the International Space Station (ISS)
- Chris's kitchen: Video series with CSA astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the ISS
- Food for thought: Let's talk Tomatosphere™ with astronaut Thomas Pesquet
- Water recycling on the ISS