Astronauts & ISS | Space Strange But True Facts + 2 Truths & a Lie Activity Set

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Learning about astronauts and the International Space Station helps middle and high school students connect core science concepts to real missions, including forces and motion, microgravity, human body systems, life support, engineering design, Earth observation, and how experiments are conducted in extreme environments. The ISS is a powerful context for cross-curricular STEM because it blends physics, chemistry, biology, and technology into one ongoing real-world laboratory, making abstract ideas feel concrete and relevant.

Using a 2 Truths and a Lie format alongside strange but true facts boosts engagement and scientific thinking because students must evaluate claims, use evidence, practice precise vocabulary, and challenge misconceptions while having fun. This resource makes it easy to run as a warm-up, station, review, or extension with a 5-slide digital, manipulable Google Slides student activity (10 facts and 5 believable lies), a 12-slide visual presentation for whole-class teaching with 10 fascinating facts, and a 6-page PDF print version with answers plus mix-and-match and color options. With 20 total facts across formats and 5 lies for discussion and reasoning, it delivers high-interest space science in a classroom-ready structure that supports participation, curiosity, and deeper understanding.

This Astronauts and International Space Station (ISS) 2 activity set provides a truly engaging set of ways to engage students. This resource can help your students spark learning about Astronauts and International Space Station (ISS). For digital, you can provide a visual strange facts version and a digital / print find the lie version of the 2 truths and a lie activity.

Ideal for reviewing or opening content for this topic, collaborative work, or independent work, it helps reinforce key topics while using an unusual angle for educating on Astronauts and International Space Station (ISS). This ready-to-use resource is perfect for last-minute lesson plans, sub plans, or as an easy extension activity to get students looking at this physical phenomenon in a different kind of way.

THIS ASTRONAUTS & ISS STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS / 2 TRUTHS & A LIE RESOURCE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
To extend students
To increase engagement & curiosity
A daily opening fact
Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
To inspire students in an unusual manner
Get students to act as a group of science detectives (No Google though!)

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS ASTRONAUTS & ISS STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS / 2 TRUTHS & A LIE RESOURCE:

5 Slide Digital manipulable Google Slides Version for student use on 2 Truths and a lie activity (with 10 facts & 5 lies)
12 Slide Visual Presentation Google Slides Version for presenting 10 Strange But True Facts
6 page PDF print version with answers, mix and match 2 truths and a lie version, color strange but true version.

These versions have effectively 10 strange but true facts & 10 DIFFERENT facts and 5 lies for the 2 truths and a lie activity. In total 20 facts on astronauts and the ISS & 5 lies in this resource, presented in different and useful methods for teaching and engagement.