Space Travel & Technology Gr. 5-8

By Charlene Homer

Create a vision of tomorrow with your students today as they imagine being part of the crew of a shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Our resource turns your students into the scientists, engineers, astronauts, and leaders who will continue the vision for space exploration. Become an astronaut as you learn about the different jobs on a shuttle mission. Learn about telescopes and how they are used to look into space. Blast off into space with manned and unmanned spacecrafts. Plan your trip to Mars by collecting items you would need for your 2.5 year mission. Build your own rover to explore another planet. Then it's off to the moon and learning about the Apollo 11 mission. Learn about life aboard the ISS, and predict how different toys would work in space. Finally, look ahead at the future of space exploration and find out is commercial travel in space is really possible. Aligned to the Next Generation State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy and STEAM initiatives, additional hands-on experiments, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

• Language: English
• Publisher: CCP Interactive
• Release date: Jan 3, 2007
• ISBN: 9781553197935

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SPACE TRAVEL &TECHNOLOGY

Space and Beyond Series

Written by Charlene Homer

GRADES 5 - 8

Reading Levels 3 - 4

Classroom Complete Press

P.O. Box 19729

San Diego, CA 92159

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www.classroomcompletepress.com

ISBN-13: 978-1-55319-317-3

ISBN-10:1-55319-317-2

©2007

eISBN: 978-1-55319-793-5

Permission to Reproduce

Permission is granted to the individual teacher who purchases one copy of this book to reproduce the student activity material for use in his or her classroom only. Reproduction of these materials for colleagues, an entire school or school system, or for commercial sale is strictly prohibited

. No part of this publication may be transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities. Printed in Canada. All rights reserved.

Critical Thinking Skills

Space Travel & Technology

Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy

Contents

Assessment Rubric

Space Travel & Technology

Teacher Guide

Our resource has been created for ease of use by both TEACHERS and STUDENTS alike.

Introduction

This resource provides ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students in grades five to eight. Written to grade using simplified language and vocabulary, science concepts are presented in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier to understand. Comprised of reading passages, student activities and overhead transparencies, our resource can be used effectively for whole-class, small group and independent work.

How Is Our Resource Organized?

STUDENT HANDOUTS

Reading passages and activities (in the form of reproducible worksheets) make up the majority of our resource. The reading passages present important gradeappropriate information and concepts related to the topic. Embedded in each passage are one or more questions that ensure students understand what they have read.

For each reading passage there are BEFORE YOU READ activities and AFTER YOU READ activities.

•   The BEFORE YOU READ activities prepare students for