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.