Mission: Control!

Your Mission

During and after space flight, astronauts have challenges with balance and spatial awareness. Through astronaut reconditioning, when they return to Earth, they relearn how to use their eyes, inner ear, and muscles to help control body movement.

In this activity your team will perform throwing and catching techniques on one foot to improve balance and spatial awareness.

Skills

Balance, Coordination, Stability, Reaction-time, Teamwork

Learning Objectives

Perform throwing and catching techniques on one foot to improve balance and spatial awareness
Record observations about improvements in balance and spatial awareness during this physical experience in the Mission Journal

Equipment

Practice:
- tennis ball (one per student)
- watch or stopwatch (one per student)
Game: gym ball or similar sized/weighted ball (at least one per group)
For students: Mission Journal and pencil

Time

15 minutes per class