Topic: Current Space Exploration - Shuttle Missions

8^th Grade Students will be completing
MATH MAP TESTING
tomorrow.

B Period Science and D Period Science will meet, but not A period or C period science.

 

Overview of Today’s Lesson:

1.       Review Early Space Exploration Timeline

2.       Video:  Space Shuttle Flight 115

a.       During viewing, discuss situations and challenges unique to space flight.

b.      Duties of modern astronauts

c.       Dangers of current space flight

3.       Video:  Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, 1986

 

Homework:

1.       None

 

Other Interesting Material:

1.       Link:  Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster, 2003

2.       Link:  Tour of the International Space Station

3.       Link:  International Space Station Fly Around