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Breaking News English: Space Station
In this space station worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Blast Off Into Space
Students explore the vastness of the universe and identify terms used to describe solar systems. They take a tour of our sun and its neighbors and discover how spacecrafts can fly and then use their imaginations to draw and color a...
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Radiation Exposure
Students examine the levels of radiation exposure faced by astronauts on the International Space Station. After calculating their own daily radiation exposure, students compare their level of exposure to the exposure of space station...
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The Space Shuttle and the Future
In this space shuttle activity, students review the different facts associated with the space shuttle and the space station. This activity has 23 true or false questions.
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Introduction to Radiation Shielding
In this radiation shielding instructional activity, students use a graph of the dosage of radiation versus the thickness of aluminum shielding using data from the MIR spacecraft and ISO satellite to solve 3 problems. They determine how...
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The Big Arm
For this "The Big Arm" worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about "The Big Arm" and the space shuttle that launched it. Students complete 4 questions.
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To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before
Students study pictures of space vehicles and make their own space vehicle. In this space vehicle lesson, students study pictures of the vehicles and compare and contrast the pictures. Students classify the space crafts and then create...
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Breaking News English: Russian Breaks Time-in-Space Record
In this English worksheet, students read " Russian Breaks Time-in-Space Record," and then respond to 1 graphic organizer, 27 fill in the blank, 15 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about...
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Scrambled Sentences
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 15 scrambled sentences. Students rearrange the words to make the sentences correct and underline the nouns.
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Planet/Constellation Mobile
Pupils, through small group discussion, identify and share a rationale for shapes and patterns in the construction of a mobile that represents the solar system that makes them think of the creation of our solar system.
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Having Fun Working with Fractions
Pupils participate in various activities that increase their understanding of and ability to solve problems with fractions.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Space Station Mir (Level 2)
The Russian space station Mir is illustrated and described. Features include vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms.
Other
Visual Satellite Observer: Mir Space Station's 15 Years in Space Ends
Details of Mir's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere after 15 years in space. Includes information on Mir's mission, configuration, and history.
PBS
Pbs Nova Online: Terror in Space
This site provides lots of information and pictures for an in-depth look at the Mir Space Station.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Space Stations
This site provides a description of what a space station is and what it is used for. There are also brief descriptions of Mir and Skylab.
NASA
Nasa: History of Shuttle Mir
This site has links to many NASA resources about the Shuttle-Mir program. Detailed information on each of the Shuttle-Mir missions as well as a large number of images are available from this site.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Mir
A basic description of the Mir space station is provided on this site from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia. There is also information on the Mir modules. A photo of the space station is included along with several links to additional...
Other
Espace: Park City Space (French)
Park City Space offers many supports discovery accessible to elementary students. Take a virtual tour.
Other
German Aerospace Center: Human Spaceflight Missions
This site, which is provided for by the German Aerospace Center, contains detailed information on missions to Mir from March '92 to March '97 displayed in the links below.
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Visual Satellite Observer: Mir Space Station's 15 Years in Space Ends
Details of Mir's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere after 15 years in space. Includes information on Mir's mission, configuration, and history.