Internet Activities
Unit 8: We've Come a Long Way
 
Part One

Search the Web to learn about space travel.

Go to one of the websites shown below and find information on space travel.

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1996/6/96.06.01.x.html#e
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/rockets/living.asp
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/crew/index.html

Give short descriptions about the following details about travel through space:
  • Eating
  • Sleeping
  • Zero Gravity
  • Sensations

Part Two

Imagine that you have been chosen to participate in a space travel mission. Write an essay describing what it is like to travel in space, from take off to landing. Include the details you learned on the Web and in this unit of NorthStar.
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