EARTH and Space
Essential Questions:
Why is space exploration important? What can it teach us about the universe?
How will this information help us to further understand life on Earth?
SCIENCE STANDARD 5 - 8
SCIENCE
STANDARD 9 - 12
Original Lesson Plan from Christa McCauliffe:
From the Challenger Learning Center:
Orbits: Shuttle on a Shoestring
Additional Lesson Plans:
Pros and cons of space exploration: Microsoft Partners in Learning
Challenger Astronaut Biographies:
Additional Educator Resources
Websites:
NASA
Life Magazine Reports on 10 years After
Global Aircraft Organization
Books:
Silver Linings: By June Scobee Rodgers
(1996) Peake Road Publications
Division of Smyth and Helways Publishing Co.
A Journal for Christa: By Grace George Corrigan (1993) Bison Books
University of Nebraska Press
Videos:
Challenger Disaster
Shuttle Missions
History;
IndexStar Child
Space Place
For Kids 14 and up:
Imagine the Universe!
Imagine the Universe Teachers CornerFor Younger kids:
Star Child
Star Child Teachers
Space Place
Amazing Space!
Amazing Space Teacher resources
Myths versus Reality
Space Today
Journal Topic:
Imagine
you are an astronaut looking back at the Earth as you travel through
space.
What do you see? What does our planet look like from your point of
view? What
lessons will you want to share with the people of Planet Earth
when you return
home?
Student Self-Evaluation
1. This speaker emphasized…2. One fact that surprised me was…
3. I will always remember…
4. The important message I would like to pass on is…
Teacher Evaluation
1. The student used the journal question as a reflection after the program.
2. The student was able to answer the self-evaluation questions.
Flying for Me
Well
I guess that you probably know by now
I was one who wanted to fly
I wanted
to ride on that arrow of fire right up into heaven
And I wanted to go for
every man
Every child, every mother of children
I wanted to carry the
dreams of all people right up to the stars
And
I prayed that I'd find an answer there
Or maybe I would find a song
Giving
a voice to all of the hearts that cannot be heard
And for all of the ones
who live in fear
And all of those who stand apart
My being there would
bring us a little step closer together
They
were flying for me
They were flying for everyone
They were trying to see
a brighter day for each and everyone
They
gave us their light
They gave us their spirit and all they could be
They
were flying for me
They were flying for me
And
I wanted to wish upon the Milky Way
And dance upon a falling star
I wanted
to give myself and free myself, and join myself with it all
Given
the chance to dream, it can be done
The promise of tomorrow is real
Children
of spaceship Earth
The future belongs to us all
She
was flying for me
She was flying for everyone
She was trying to see a
brighter day for each and everyone
She
gave us her light
She gave us her spirit and all she can be
She was flying
for me
They were flying for me
They were flying for everyone
They
were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone
They
gave us their light
They gave us their spirit and all they can be
They
were flying for me
They were flying for me
They were flying for me
They were flying for me
Words and music by John Denver
Curriculum
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on the curriculum pages have been recommended by professional educators.
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Speakers.
Please preview the sites to be sure they are appropriate for your
students' age and level.
Curriculum
written and designed by Debbie Murphy and Barbara Davis
