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Part A: Introduction
Go to this website: http://spinoff.nasa.gov/index.html
. Click on “Spin-Off facts.” Click on “What is a Spin-off?” Answer the following questions:
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What is a Spin-off?
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What aspects of our daily lives have NASA Spin-offs helped improve? o ____________________________________ o ____________________________________ o ____________________________________ o ____________________________________ o ____________________________________ o ____________________________________
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How are NASA Spin-offs transferred to the public?
Part B: Launch Interactive
Go to this website: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasacity/index2.htm
. Click on the “City.” Click on “Sports.”
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Where did the NFL’s first retractable stadium come from?
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Who now reaps the benefits of ingestible thermometers?
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Where did the shock-absorbent foam in sports helmets originate from? What else is it used in?
Click on “Air Travel”
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What did NASA technology help to develop in cars and automobiles that helps provide cleaner combustion techniques?
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Loss in Cabin pressure is critical for pilots to be able to identify. Where was this technology first used?
This worksheet was adapted using ideas presented in the NASA Spin-off website. © Copyright 2014- all rights reserved www.cpalms.org

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What are the parachute systems they use for smaller airplanes and how were they originally developed?
Click “Go Back.” Click on Spin-Offs “Home”, and then click on the “Kitchen.”
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How was freeze- dried technology first developed? What are the benefits of it?
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What is unique about the oven in the Spin-off kitchen? How was that technology developed?
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What is another goal of developing better water purification systems in space?
Click on “Bedroom.”
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What was temper foam originally developed for? What is it used for now?
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How has footwear been improved by NASA Scientists?
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What are phase change clothing? How might they beneficial to the average individual?
Click on “Technology Impact News.” What are three NASA Spin-Offs that are featured here? Describe them in detail.
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This worksheet was adapted using ideas presented in the NASA Spin-off website. © Copyright 2014- all rights reserved www.cpalms.org