Astronaut Lesson Plan

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February 20, 2007

History
On this day in 1962 John Glenn orbited the Earth in the Friendship 7 Space Capsule. He was the first man to orbit the Earth. Read more about John Glenn here:

http://www.helium.com/tm/171943/glenn-pilot-world-korean

Discussion Questions:
1. What wars did John Glenn serve as a pilot in?

2. John Glenn was senator of what state?

3. John Glenn was the oldest astronaut at what age?


Journal
Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? Check out astronaut school http://edspace.nasa.gov/astroschool/ and see if you do.
John Glenn was the oldest astronaut. Pretend you have been recruited to be the youngest astronaut and write about what a trip to outer space might be like.

Reading
What Happens on a Shuttle Mission? Read here to found out! http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/columbia2003/whathappensshuttlemission1.htm
Discussion Questions:
1. Name 2 experiments conducted in space.
2. Student’s suggest some of these experiments. True or False ?
3. Where do astronauts sleep?

Math

Astronauts require a great deal of training before they can travel into space. Not only do they learn to maneuver aircraft, but they also learn a great deal about weightlessness and other subjects related to space and space travel. Practice your math skills here:

1. Three astronauts are traveling to the moon. The trip takes 4 days. Each astronaut wants 1 freeze-dried pear each day. How many pears do they need to pack? ____________


2. Upon landing an astronaut looked out each of the four windows. Out of each she saw 5 craters. How many craters did she see? ____________


3. Suppose she saw a total of 8 craters, the same number from each window. How many did she see out of each window? ____________


4. An astronaut is conducting an experiment with 6 plants, which he wants to divide equally among 3 sections of the spacecraft. How many plants are in each section? ____________


5. Each plant had 3 flowers. How many flowers were there in all? ____________

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