Agility Astro-Course

Your Mission: Complete an agility course as quickly and as accurately as possible to improve agility, coordination and speed.

When astronauts go into space and return to Earth, they experience challenges with balance and body control due to changes in gravity. The agility course is used to measure balance, footwork skill and agility in response to gravity changes.

Skills

Balance, Agility, Spatial Awareness, Laterality, Directionality

Learning Objectives

complete an agility course as quickly and as accurately as possible to improve movement skills, coordination, and speed
record observations about improvements in agility during this physical experience in the Mission Journal

Equipment

Eight marking cones, or other small, steady objects
Measuring tape or meter stick
Paper and pencil
Watch or stopwatch
(Optional) Swimming noodles
For students: Mission Journal and pencil

Time

15-30 minutes per class

Resource available in:

English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, French (France), German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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