Here's a great activity to do on your time away from school:
“Challenging the Space Frontier” offers students the chance to learn the historical impact of space exploration through a time line, quizzes, and various reading and writing activities.
- Starting with a time line, students first learn the history of space travel, including 25 space firsts and three pivotal space missions — Friendship 7, Apollo 11, and STS-7.
- Students will also get to meet several heroes of space travel while browsing the time line: astronautsBuzz Aldrin on Apollo 11, Sally Ride (the first American woman in space) on STS-7, and Mae Jemison(the first black female astronaut).
- Then, using the Tom Snyder ® Productions' Timeliner, students can Make Your Own Timeline of important dates and photos of space exploration, building on what they’ve just learned.
- Browse compelling Photos of NASA Tools & Toys and fun Photos of Animals in Space
- Go on a NASA Web Hunt, which gets students sharpening their Internet skills by exploring NASA’s Website
- Read The Moon and the Sun Research Starter, which offers recommended resources to further study space travel
- Watch the Apollo 11 Mission Real Time Recreation, a unique online application that brings the Apollo 11 mission to life in “real time”
- Journey Into Space With the American Museum of Natural History offers another great opportunity to conduct online research on the subject of space
- Learn about the history of space exploration in the context of the "space race" during the Cold War
- Improve content-area reading skills, including comprehension and vocabulary
- Reflect on what has been learned after reading by formulating ideas, opinions, and personal responses
- Use discussion with peers as a way of understanding information
- Learn to do online research
- Develop thoughtful, focused questions about their reading
- Create a timeline using information and media from their own research