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 details about travel through space.

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


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.


Click here to go to student handout for this exercise.