Angry Birds Space

I remember the first time I heard about Angry Birds was when a student referred to it in class and I had no idea what she was talking about. The class was amazed...not having heard of Angry Birds was like not having heard of Tetris, in my youth. Since then, I have played it on a friends phone – so I am no longer completely ignorant. Now the creators of Angry Birds have designed Angry Birds Space, in collaboration with NASA. Aboard the International Space Station, Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA created a video using a toy Angry Bird to explain how physics works in space, including demonstrating trajectories in microgravity by catapulting an Angry Bird through the space station.

NASA has also announced the release of the ISSLive! app for iPhone, iPad and Andoid. This innovative, interactive app provides a novel way to learn about the International Space Station while on the go.

The ISS Live! app delivers live streaming data from the International Space Station. Users can take a virtual 3-D tour of the Mission Control Center and the space station, and view mission control console displays with real-time data. Interactive educational lessons using the data, as well as crew and science timelines with individual crew member, social media and international science experiment details are also available via the app.

To learn more and find links to download the ISSLive! app, visit http://spacestationlive.jsc.nasa.gov.

Tom

Tom Lyons, ESERO Teacher Fellow, National STEM Centre