Monday, 13 July 2020

31st May 2020Astronauts were launched

into space from US soil for

the first time in 9 years.

This took place at Cape

Canaveral, Florida.

NASA worked with the

private company, SpaceX,

to design and launch a

new rocket system that is

more efficient and

reusable.

BBC coverage of the launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3fiNkgTOU

Key Question: Where

would you go if you

could go into Space?

Literacy Task

• Describe your ideal mission into Space.

• Where would you go?

• What would you do/want to find out?

• Some keywords below to help with your

description:

mission discover atmosphere spacewalk international

station asteroid investigate system

Use the NASA website https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html if you need some inspiration

Key Question: What

would your mission

patch look like?

Art Task

• Your task is to create a mission patch for

your ideal mission that you described

earlier.

• The following slides show 20 different

patches that astronauts have designed for

past missions to give you some ideas.

This is the patch for

STS-45.

Charlie Bolden, Mission

Commander will now

help you create your

own mission patch.

Key Question: What

events have occurred

in the history of human

spaceflight and when?

Numeracy Task

• Along with this presentation there should be

some date cards.

• Your task is to create a timeline.

• Put the decades in order and then, using

information from the following website, add

at least one event for each decade.

• https://www.space.com/4422-timeline-50-years-

spaceflight.html

• A downloaded version of this site is also available.

Useful websites:NASA: The first 50 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v2rYUvomTEVerge article on SpaceX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4CISUyYoDc

Key Question: What are

the issues surrounding

spaceflight?

Science Activity

• What are the forces involved during a rocket launch? What

problems do scientists need to overcome?

• Use https://www.spacex.com to look at some of the tests that they have had to carry out before getting to the launch on Saturday.

• The astronauts reach a maximum speed of 27,010 km/h –

what is this in mph? What would happen is you crashed at

this speed?

• What was the force of gravity (how many g) that the

astronauts experienced during the launch as reported in the

BBC coverage?

• Where might you feel this type of g force on Earth (think theme

park)?

Activity 1

Create a straw rocket -these may be familiar to you.

However I want you to consider and find out:

• What do scientists use to launch rockets?

• What effect do the fins have on your rocket?

• What would happen if you changed the shape of the fins?

Activity 2

This is a challenge for you (and possibly your family).

Along with this presentation there should be a Shuttle glider document with the full template and challenges on.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make up the model and attempt the challenges –take a picture of your completed model and share with us!