Adventures in Space: Journey to the Moon
INTRODUCTION TO THE AIMS TEACHING MODULE (ATM)
Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Organization and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
INTRODUCING ADVENTURES IN SPACE: JOURNEY TO THE MOON
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
PREPARATION FOR VIEWING
Introduction to the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Introduction to Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Discussion Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Jump Right In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
AFTER VIEWING THE PROGRAM
Suggested Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Checking Comprehension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Space Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
The Soviet Space Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
The U.S. Space Program Since Apollo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Checking Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
SECTION 1
SECTION 2
SECTION 3
SECTION 4
ADDITIONAL AIMS MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . .29
ANSWER KEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
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Congratulations!
You have chosen a learning program
that will actively motivate your students
AND provide you with easily accessible
and easily manageable instructional
guidelines designed to make your
teaching role efficient and rewarding.
The AIMS Teaching Module provides
you with a video program keyed to your
classroom curriculum, instructions and
guidelines for use, plus a comprehensive teaching program containing a
wide range of activities and ideas for
interaction between all content areas.
Our authors, educators, and consultants
have written and reviewed the AIMS
Teaching Modules to align with the
Educate America Act: Goals 2000.
This ATM, with its clear definition of
manageability, both in the classroom
and beyond, allows you to tailor specific activities to meet all of your classroom needs.
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RATIONALE
In today’s classrooms, educational pedagogy is often founded on Benjamin S.
Bloom’s “Six Levels of Cognitive
Complexity.” The practical application
of Bloom’s Taxonomy is to evaluate students’ thinking skills on these levels,
from the simple to the complex:
Knowledge (rote memory skills),
Comprehension (the ability to relate or
retell), Application (the ability to apply
knowledge outside its origin), Analysis
(relating and differentiating parts of a
whole), Synthesis (relating parts to a
whole), and Evaluation (making a judgment or formulating an opinion).
The AIMS Teaching Module is designed
to facilitate these intellectual capabilities, AND to integrate classroom experiences and assimilation of learning
with the students’ life experiences, realities, and expectations. AIMS’ learner
verification studies prove that our AIMS
Teaching Modules help students to
absorb, retain, and to demonstrate ability to use new knowledge in their world.
Our educational materials are written
and designed for today’s classroom,
which incorporates a wide range of
intellectual, cultural, physical, and emotional diversities.
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ORGANIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT
To facilitate ease in classroom manageability, the AIMS Teaching Module is
organized in four sections. You are
reading Section 1, Introduction to the
Aims Teaching Module (ATM).
SECTION 2,
INTRODUCING THIS ATM
will give you the specific information
you need to integrate the program into
your classroom curriculum.
SECTION 3,
PREPARATION FOR VIEWING
provides suggestions and strategies for
motivation, language preparedness,
readiness, and focus prior to viewing
the program with your students.
SECTION 4,
AFTER VIEWING THE PROGRAM
provides suggestions for additional
activities plus an assortment of consumable assessment and extended activities,
designed to broaden comprehension of
the topic and to make connections to
other curriculum content areas.
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FEATURES
INTRODUCING EACH ATM
SECTION 2
Your AIMS Teaching Module is
designed to accompany a video program written and produced by some of
the world’s most credible and creative
writers and producers of educational
programming. To facilitate diversity and
flexibility in your classroom, your AIMS
Teaching Module features these components:
Themes
The Major Theme tells how this AIMS
Teaching Module is keyed into the curriculum. Related Themes offer suggestions for interaction with other
curriculum content areas, enabling
teachers to use the teaching module to
incorporate the topic into a variety of
learning areas.
Overview
The Overview provides a synopsis of
content covered in the video program.
Its purpose is to give you a summary of
the subject matter and to enhance your
introductory preparation.
Objectives
The ATM learning objectives provide
guidelines for teachers to assess what
learners can be expected to gain from
each program. After completion of the
AIMS Teaching Module, your students
will be able to demonstrate dynamic
and applied comprehension of the
topic.
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PREPARATION FOR VIEWING
Discussion Ideas
SECTION 3
Introduction to the Program is
designed to enable students to recall
or relate prior knowledge about the
topic and to prepare them for what
they are about to learn.
Discussion Ideas are designed to help
you assess students’ prior knowledge
about the topic and to give students a
preview of what they will learn.
Active discussion stimulates interest in
a subject and can motivate even the
most reluctant learner. Listening, as
well as speaking, is active participation. Encourage your students to participate at the rate they feel
comfortable. Model sharing personal
experiences when applicable, and
model listening to students’ ideas and
opinions.
Introduction To Vocabulary
Focus
Introduction to Vocabulary is a
review of language used in the program: words, phrases, usage. This
vocabulary introduction is designed to
ensure that all learners, including limited English proficiency learners, will
have full understanding of the language usage in the content of the program.
Help learners set a purpose for
watching the program with Focus,
designed to give students a focal
point for comprehension continuity.
In preparation for viewing the video
program, the AIMS Teaching Module
offers activity and/or discussion
ideas that you may use in any order
or combination.
Introduction To The Program
AFTER VIEWING THE
PROGRAM
SECTION 4
After your students have viewed the
program, you may introduce any or
all of these activities to interact with
other curriculum content areas, provide reinforcement, assess comprehension skills, or provide hands-on
and in-depth extended study of the
topic.
Jump Right In
Jump Right In provides abbreviated
instructions for quick management of
the program.
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SUGGESTED
ACTIVITIES
The Suggested Activities offer ideas
for activities you can direct in the
classroom or have your students complete independently, in pairs, or in
small work groups after they have
viewed the program. To accommodate your range of classroom needs,
the activities are organized into skills
categories. Their labels will tell you
how to identify each activity and help
you correlate it into your classroom
curriculum. To help you schedule your
classroom lesson time, the AIMS
hourglass gives you an estimate of the
time each activity should require.
Some of the activities fall into these
categories:
Meeting Individual
Needs
These activities are designed to aid in
classroom continuity. Reluctant learners and learners acquiring English
will benefit from these activities
geared to enhance comprehension of
language in order to fully grasp content meaning.
M A TH
Curriculum
Connections
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking activities are
designed to stimulate learners’ own
opinions and ideas. These activities
require students to use the thinking
process to discern fact from opinion,
consider their own problems and formulate possible solutions, draw conclusions, discuss cause and effect, or
combine what they already know
with what they have learned to make
inferences.
Cultural Diversity
Each AIMS Teaching Module has an
activity called Cultural Awareness,
Cultural Diversity, or Cultural
Exchange that encourages students to
share their backgrounds, cultures,
heritage, or knowledge of other countries, customs, and language.
Hands On
These are experimental or tactile
activities that relate directly to the
material taught in the program.Your
students will have opportunities to
make discoveries and formulate ideas
on their own, based on what they
learn in this unit.
Writing
Many of the suggested activities are
intended to integrate the content of
the ATM program into other content
areas of the classroom curriculum.
These cross-connections turn the
classroom teaching experience into a
whole learning experience.
Every AIMS Teaching Module will
contain an activity designed for students to use the writing process to
express their ideas about what they
have learned. The writing activity
may also help them to make the connection between what they are learning in this unit and how it applies to
other content areas.
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In The Newsroom
Each AIMS Teaching Module contains
a newsroom activity designed to help
students make the relationship
between what they learn in the classroom and how it applies in their
world. The purpose of In The
Newsroom is to actively involve each
class member in a whole learning
experience. Each student will have an
opportunity to perform all of the tasks
involved in production: writing,
researching, producing, directing,
and interviewing as they create their
own classroom news program.
Extended Activities
These activities provide opportunities
for students to work separately or
together to conduct further research,
explore answers to their own questions, or apply what they have
learned to other media or content
areas.
Link to the World
These activities offer ideas for connecting learners’ classroom activities
to their community and the rest of the
world.
Culminating Activity
To wrap up the unit, AIMS Teaching
Modules offer suggestions for ways to
reinforce what students have learned
and how they can use their new
knowledge to enhance their world
view.
VOCABULARY
Every ATM contains an activity that
reinforces the meaning and usage of
the vocabulary words introduced in
the program content. Students will
either read or find the definition of
each vocabulary word, then use the
word in a written sentence.
CHECKING
COMPREHENSION
Checking Comprehension is designed
to help you evaluate how well your
students understand, retain, and
recall the information presented in the
AIMS Teaching Module. Depending
on your students’ needs, you may
direct this activity to the whole group
yourself, or you may want to have
students work on the activity page
independently, in pairs, or in small
groups. Students can verify their written answers through discussion or by
viewing the video a second time. If
you choose, you can reproduce the
answers from your Answer Key or
write the answer choices in a Word
Bank for students to use. Students can
use this completed activity as a study
guide to prepare for the test.
CONSUMABLE
ACTIVITIES
The AIMS Teaching Module provides
a selection of consumable activities,
designed to specifically reinforce the
content of this learning unit.
Whenever applicable, they are
arranged in order from low to high
difficulty level, to allow a seamless
facilitation of the learning process.
You may choose to have students take
these activities home or to work on
them in the classroom independently,
in pairs or in small groups.
TEST
The AIMS Teaching Module Test permits you to assess students’ understanding of what they have learned.
The test is formatted in one of several
standard test formats to give your
students a range of experiences in
test-taking techniques. Be sure to
read, or remind students to read, the
directions carefully and to read each
answer choice before making a
selection. Use the Answer Key to
check their answers.
CHECKING
VOCABULARY
The Checking Vocabulary activity
provides the opportunity for students
to assess their knowledge of new
vocabulary with this word game or
puzzle. The format of this vocabulary
activity allows students to use the
related words and phrases in a different context.
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ADDITIONAL
AIMS MULTIMEDIA
PROGRAMS
After you have completed this AIMS
Teaching Module you may be interested
in more of the programs that AIMS
offers. This list includes several related
AIMS programs.
ADDITIONAL READING
SUGGESTIONS
AIMS offers a carefully researched list of
other resources that you and your students may find rewarding.
ANSWER KEY
Reproduces tests and work pages with
answers marked.
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Adventures in Space: Journey to the Moon
THEMES
The major themes in Adventures in
Space: Journey to the Moon are technology and change, systems and how
they work, and energy. Related
themes include cause-and-effect relationships and the interrelationship of
parts to a whole and a whole to its
parts.
OVERVIEW
This program documents the history of
America’s journey to the moon, from
initial dream to final reality. It shows
early research into rocket flight and
explains how German rocket scientists
came to the United States after World
War II to work in our nation’s fledgling
space program.
OBJECTIVES
To explain the history of the U.S.
space program that culminated
in landing an astronaut on the
moon.
The Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1
in October 1957 suddenly made U.S.
efforts to reach space much more
important. Four months later (January
31, 1958), the United States launched
its first artificial satellite. The space
race had begun.
To show what the first (World
War II era) rockets looked like.
To examine the space rivalry
between the United States and
the Soviet Union that began with
the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957.
In the early 1960s, NASA’s first
manned space program, Project
Mercury, succeeded in putting astronauts into orbit around Earth.
President Kennedy vowed that the
United States would send an astronaut
to the moon by the end of the decade.
To understand the role of the
Mercury project, the Gemini project, and the Apollo project in
placing an astronaut on the
moon.
To understand the how the
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project signified the end of the space race.
NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo
space missions led ultimately to the
final goal, when in July 1969 Apollo
11 put the first astronaut on the moon’s
surface.
Finally, footage of the last Apollo
flight, a fitting end to the 25-year-old
U.S.-Soviet space rivalry, shows
American and Soviet spacecraft linked
together. For two days in 1975
American and Soviet crews of Apollo
and Soyuz orbited the Earth together.
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INTRODUCTION TO
THE PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION TO
VOCABULARY
To prepare students for Adventures in
Space: Journey to the Moon, ask volunteers to explain what they know
about rocket flight. Let any volunteers
who have built and flown model rockets explain to the class what is
involved.
To ensure that all students understand
basic vocabulary used in Adventures
in Space: Journey to the Moon,
review some of its language, especially the more scientific terms: satellite, rocket, missile, orbit, outer space,
Earth’s atmosphere.
Assuming a nation has no rockets to
begin with, let students list on the
board some of the stages of rocket
development they think would be necessary to send a manned rocket to the
moon.
For students learning English, you
may want to show pictures from textbooks of some of these concepts.
You may also want to discuss more
advanced rocketry terms, such as V-2
rocket, Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini,
Apollo, NASA, Vostok, Soyuz.
DISCUSSION IDEAS
Lead students in a discussion of the
space race. What event was the catalyst for the space race? List ideas on
the board.
FOCUS
Before viewing the program, have
students jot down several questions
they have about the U.S. space program that led to putting an astronaut
on the moon.
Encourage them to formulate answers
to these questions based on what they
learn in Adventures in Space:
Journey to the Moon.
Have them also think about the stages
of rocket development that they earlier listed on the board. As they view
the program, have them jot down
additional ideas to add to this list.
If, after viewing the program, students have additional questions or
ideas or their questions were not
answered, encourage them to find the
answers to these on their own and
share their findings with the class.
Have volunteers answer additional
questions about the space program:
What was the first nation to put a
man into space? into orbit around
Earth? on the moon?
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JUMP RIGHT IN
Preparation
Read Adventures in Space:
Journey to the Moon Themes,
Overview, and Objectives to
become familiar with program
content and expectations.
Viewing ADVENTURES IN SPACE:
JOURNEY TO THE MOON
After Viewing ADVENTURES IN
SPACE: JOURNEY TO THE MOON
Set up viewing monitor so that all
students have a clear view.
Depending on your classroom
size and learning range, you may
choose to have students view
Adventures in Space: Journey to
the Moon together or in small
groups.
Use Preparation for Viewing
suggestions to introduce the topic
to students.
Some students may benefit from
viewing the video more than one
time.
Select Suggested Activities that
integrate into your classroom curriculum. If applicable, gather
materials or resources.
Choose the best way for students
to work on each activity. Some
activities work best for the whole
group. Other activities are
designed for students to work
independently, in pairs, or in
small groups. Whenever possible,
encourage students to share their
work with the rest of the group.
Duplicate the appropriate number
of
Vocabulary,
Checking
Comprehension, and consumable
activity pages for your students.
You may choose to have students
take consumable activities home,
or complete them in the classroom, independently, or in
groups.
Administer the Test to assess students’ comprehension of what
they have learned, and to provide
them with practice in test-taking
procedures.
Use the Culminating Activity
as a forum for students to display,
summarize, extend, or share
what they have learned with each
other, the rest of the school, or a
local community organization.
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SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Cultural Awareness
Have students investigate the Soviet space program. Their research should answer the following questions: What is the Soviet space program like today? Does the Soviet Union still exist?
What happened to it? What nation monitors the Soviet space program today? What kind of
financial health is the space program in? What is the state of scientific research?
45 Minutes
Meeting Individual Needs
Have pairs of students work together to draw a sketch or poster of the inside or outside of a
Mercury, Gemini, or Apollo spacecraft. Have students use dictionaries as necessary to label
the sketch or poster.
Writing
Have students conduct research and then write about how a person becomes an astronaut.
What kinds of classes would a future astronaut need to take in high school? college? What
special training is required? Have physical requirements changed as the space program has
changed? If so, how?
30 Minutes
Hands-on Activity
Have interested students work individually or in groups to build a model of one of the spacecraft featured in this program. They can use modeling clay, cardboard, balsa wood, or any
other materials that seem appropriate. Display the finished models. Allow the builders to
describe the features of their model to the class.
1 Hour
Extended Activity
Have students watch the movie Apollo 13 and then prepare a brief report about the movie for
the class. What major problems were encountered on this mission? How were the problems
solved?
2 Hours
In the Newsroom
Have students prepare a radio or television news broadcast about one of the Mercury, Gemini,
or Apollo missions featured in this program. Students will need to write and deliver a broadcast that captures the excitement and factual details of the mission. They may want to create
some graphics to enhance the presentation.
1 Hour
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Link to the World
In 1997, NASA’s Galileo space probe may have found evidence of liquid water—and possible life—on Jupiter’s moon Europa. Have students read newspaper or magazine accounts of
this discovery. Then have them explain why liquid water and the heat to keep it liquid may
indicate possible life. Do students think that life exists on Jupiter? Why or why not?
40 Minutes
Connection to Health and Nutrition
Many items developed for the space program have beneficial uses in other areas, too. Have
students research how items developed for the space program have benefited cancer research,
hospital delivery, pollution control, fire fighting, athletic shoes, or some other area they are
interested in.
HE AL TH
AN D
NU TR ITI ON
30 Minutes
Critical Thinking
Have students think about how the U.S. space program might have been different if the Soviet
Union had not launched Sputnik 1. Do students think the United States would have put a man
on the moon in 1969? Why or why not? How else might the U.S. space program have been
different? Remind students to use good supporting details to substantiate their ideas.
30 Minutes
Connection to History
HI ST OR Y
Have students investigate what happened to the U.S. space program after Project Apollo. They
may want to focus their investigation on one specific project, such as Skylab, the Hubble space
telescope, Pioneer 10, Voyager, Mariner 10, Galileo, the space shuttle, or space lab.
30 Minutes
Culminating Activity
Arrange the class into three groups. Have each group investigate in depth one space project
(either Mercury, Gemini, or Apollo) and prepare a report with posters or charts about their
findings. Have groups present their reports in sequence.
1 Hour
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Name
VOCABULARY
The vocabulary words below are from Adventures in Space: Journey to the Moon. Use each word
below in a sentence that shows you understand what it has to do with the U.S. space program.
Apollo 11 __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Apollo 13 __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Apollo-Soyuz ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Neil Armstrong ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
John Glenn ________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Robert Goddard ____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
NASA______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Project Apollo ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Project Gemini ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Project Mercury ____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Sputnik 1 __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
V-2 rocket __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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Name
CHECKING COMPREHENSION
Complete each sentence below with a word or words that make sense.
1.
A _______________ was the largest and most advanced missile during World War II. It was
the prototype for postwar space rockets.
2.
_______________ was the first American astronaut to go into space (May 1961).
3.
_______________ developed the V-2 rocket.
4.
_______________ built the world’s first successful liquid-fuel rocket.
5.
_______________ was the first American program designed to put an astronaut into space.
It used tiny one-man space capsules.
6.
_______________ was a series of two-man American space missions.
7.
_______________ was the first spacecraft that carried astronauts who walked on the moon.
8.
The _______________ was the first space project in which the Soviet Union and the United
States collaborated.
9.
_______________ is a centralized U.S. agency in charge of the space program.
10. _______________ was the first American astronaut to orbit Earth (February 1962).
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Name
SPACE TIMELINE
Below is a timeline listing some important dates or events in the U.S. space program. Other dates and events
are missing. Fill in the missing dates or events.
1930s
________________________________________________________________________________
_______
Thousands of V-2 rockets launched at British targets.
After WWII ________________________________________________________________________________
_______
U.S. rocket testing moved eastward to Cape Canaveral.
1957
________________________________________________________________________________
1958
________________________________________________________________________________
_______
Project Mercury astronauts begin training.
1961
________________________________________________________________________________
1962
________________________________________________________________________________
1965
________________________________________________________________________________
1967
________________________________________________________________________________
1969
________________________________________________________________________________
1970
________________________________________________________________________________
1972
________________________________________________________________________________
1975
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name
PROJECTS MERCURY, GEMINI, APOLLO
Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were stages of the U.S. space program. In the space below, list the
purposes and accomplishments of each project.
Project Mercury
Purposes: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments:____________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Project Gemini
Purposes: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments:____________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Project Apollo
Purposes: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments:____________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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Name
PROFILE
Many people have been involved in the U.S. and Soviet space programs. Conduct research about one such
person, such as Yuri Gagarin, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Frank Borman, John Glenn, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, James
Lovell, Sally Ride, Alan Shepard, Kathryn Sullivan, Edward White, or Shannon Lucid. Use the space below
to take notes. Then use your notes to prepare an oral or written report about this person.
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments during the space program: ____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments after leaving the space program: ______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments before entering the space program: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Education:__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Family information:__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Most interesting facts about this person: ________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Other items: ________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM
What was the Soviet space program like? How did it compare to the U.S. space program? Conduct research
to find out. List you findings below.
RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM
How astronauts are selected: __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Major accomplishments of Russian space program: ______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Safety record: ______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Missions secret or public: ____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accidents: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. SPACE PROGRAM
How astronauts are selected: __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Major accomplishments of U.S. space program: __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Safety record: ______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Missions secret or public: ____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accidents: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM SINCE APOLLO
Conduct research to find out what the U.S. space program has accomplished since the end of Project Apollo.
Fill in the missing information on the lines below.
1972
First Jupiter probe, Pioneer 10 is launched.
_______
Skylab, a satellite laboratory is put into orbit. Mariner 10 is launched.
1976
________________________________________________________________________________
_______
Voyager 1 is the first spacecraft to fly past Saturn.
1981
________________________________________________________________________________
1983
________________________________________________________________________________
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Voyager 2 flies past Uranus. Space shuttle Challenger explodes.
1988
________________________________________________________________________________
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Voyager 2 flies past Neptune. Space probe Galileo flies past Venus.
1990
________________________________________________________________________________
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Space probe Galileo discovers what may be liquid water on Jupiter’s moon Europa.
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CHECKING VOCABULARY
Hidden in the chart below are 14 terms relating to the U.S. space program. The letters of these words
may be arranged horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, either spelled forward or backward. Find
and circle these 14 terms.
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WORD BANK
Apollo missions
Apollo-Soyuz
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Robert Goddard
moon
NASA
Project Gemini
Project Mercury
rocket
satellite
Alan Shepard
Sputnik
Wernher von Braun
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TEST
Circle the letter for the correct answer to each question.
1.
An American scientist designed and built the first successful liquid-fuel rocket. Who was he?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
2.
Before World War II, what nation was most involved with rocket research and development?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
3.
the Atlas rocket
the Saturn 5 rocket
the V-2 rocket
the Redstone rocket
None of the above.
What event on October 4, 1957, caused the United States to accelerate its space effort?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
5.
the United States
the Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
None of the above.
What was the largest and most advanced rocket used during World War II?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
4.
Hermann Oberth
Robert Goddard
Wernher von Braun
Yuri Gargarin
Alan Shepard
John Kennedy wanted to land a man on the moon.
NASA was created.
The Russian Vostok project began.
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1.
None of the above.
When did the United States launch its first satellite?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
in
in
in
in
in
1965,
1957,
1954,
1960,
1958,
four
four
four
four
four
years after the Soviets launched Sputnik
months before the Soviets launched Sputnik
years before the Soviets launched Sputnik
months after the Soviets launched Sputnik
months after the Soviets launched Sputnik
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TEST (CONTINUED)
6.
What agency was created in the late 1950s to take charge of the space program?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
7.
What was the name of the first American project designed to put astronauts in space?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
8.
Project
Project
Project
Project
Project
Gemini
Apollo
Mercury
Vostok
Soyuz
Who was the first American launched into space?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
9.
NASA
Cape Canaveral
the FAA
ICBM
None of the above.
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Edwin Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Edward White
Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Edwin Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Edward White
10. What was the second phase of the U.S. space program called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Project
Project
Project
Project
Project
Mercury
Gemini
Apollo
Soyuz
Vostok
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TEST (CONTINUED)
11. What happened during the Gemini 4 mission in June 1965?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The
The
The
The
The
first
first
first
first
first
astronaut
astronaut
astronaut
astronaut
astronaut
orbited Earth.
was launched into space.
walked on the moon.
orbited the moon.
walked in space.
12. What happened in preparation for the first Apollo launch?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A fire broke out in the command module.
Virgil Grissom was killed.
Edward White was killed.
Roger Chaffe was killed.
All of the above.
13. What was the most spectacular aspect of the Apollo 8 mission?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
It was the first spaceship
It was the first spaceship
It was the first spaceship
It was the first spaceship
None of the above.
to
to
to
to
land on the moon.
dock with another in space.
malfunction in space.
orbit the moon.
14. When did the first Americans land on the moon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
July 20, 1968
July 20, 1969
July 20, 1970
July 20, 1967
None of the above.
15. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Edwin Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Edward White
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TEST (CONTINUED)
16. For what do people remember Apollo 13?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
An oxygen tank exploded.
The mission was aborted.
It was feared the craft might not make it back to Earth.
The craft was crippled by an accident.
All of the above.
17. What was so unusual about the launch of Apollo 17?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The launch took place in Texas rather than Cape Canaveral.
The launch took place at night.
The launch was several hours late.
An accident occurred on the launch pad.
None of the above.
18. On what project did the United States and Soviet Union work together?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The Apollo-Soyuz Project
The Vostok Project
Sputnik
Project Mercury
Project Gemini
19. Describe the Mercury capsule.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
It was very large.
It held two large astronauts.
It held three small astronauts.
It held one medium-sized astronaut.
None of the above.
20. Describe the Gemini capsule.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
It was very large.
It held two astronauts.
It held three astronauts.
It held one astronaut.
None of the above.
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ADDITIONAL AIMS MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMS
You and your students might also enjoy these other AIMS Multimedia programs:
Adventures in Space: Space Probes and Starships
Adventures in Space: Pilots and Astronauts
Exploring Our Solar System
Solar Activity
Destination Mars
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VOCABULARY
The vocabulary words below are from Adventures in Space: Journey to the Moon. Use each word
below in a sentence that shows you understand what it has to do with the U.S. space program.
Answers will vary.
Apollo 11 __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Apollo 13 __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Apollo-Soyuz
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Neil Armstrong ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
John Glenn ________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Robert Goddard ____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
NASA ______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Project Apollo ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Project Gemini ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Project Mercury
____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Sputnik 1 __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
V-2 rocket __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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CHECKING COMPREHENSION
Complete each sentence below with a word or words that make sense.
1.
A V-2 rocket was the largest and most advanced missile during World War II. It was the
prototype for postwar space rockets.
2.
Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut to go into space (May 1961).
3.
Wernher von Braun developed the V-2 rocket.
4.
Robert Goddard built the world’s first successful liquid-fuel rocket.
5.
Project Mercury was the first American program designed to put an astronaut into space. It
used tiny one-man space capsules.
6.
Project Gemini was a series of two-man American space missions.
7.
Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft that carried astronauts who walked on the moon.
8.
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first space project in which the Soviet Union and the
United States collaborated.
9.
NASA is a centralized U.S. agency in charge of the space program.
10. John Glenn was the first American astronaut to orbit Earth (February 1962).
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SPACE TIMELINE
Below is a timeline listing some important dates or events in the U.S. space program. Other dates and events
are missing. Fill in the missing dates or events.
1930s
Germany develops V-2 rockets.
WWII
Thousands of V-2 rockets launched at British targets.
After WWII
Wernher von Braun continues rocket research in the United States.
1950
U.S. rocket testing moved eastward to Cape Canaveral.
1957
Soviets launch Sputnik I.
1958
U.S. launches its first satellite.
1959
Project Mercury astronauts begin training.
1961
Alan Shepard makes a suborbital flight.
1962
John Glenn orbits Earth three times.
1965
Edwin White walks in space.
1967
Three astronauts are killed in an Apollo flight simulation.
1969
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.
1970
Apollo 13 emergency occurs.
1972
Apollo 17 lifts off at night.
1975
Apollo and Soyuz link up for two days.
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PROJECTS MERCURY, GEMINI, APOLLO
Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were stages of the U.S. space program. In the space below, list the
purposes and accomplishments of each project.
Project Mercury
Purposes:
To put astronauts into space.
Accomplishments:
Alan Shepard launched into space by a Redstone rocket for a 15-minute suborbital flight.
John Glenn orbited Earth.
Project Gemini
Purposes:
To see if astronauts could endure weightlessness long enough to get to the moon and back; to develop
techniques necessary for a moon mission.
Accomplishments:
Edwin White walked in space for 21 minutes.
Project Apollo
Purposes:
To send an astronaut to the moon.
Accomplishments:
Apollo 8 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.
Astronauts on Apollo 11 were the first to walk on the moon.
Moon rocks were brought back to Earth.
Apollo 17 was launched at night.
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PROFILE
Many people have been involved in the U.S. and Soviet space programs. Conduct research about one such
person, such as Yuri Gagarin, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Frank Borman, John Glenn, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, James
Lovell, Sally Ride, Alan Shepard, Kathryn Sullivan, Edward White, or Shannon Lucid. Use the space below
to take notes. Then use your notes to prepare an oral or written report about this person.
Answers will vary.
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments during the space program: ____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments after leaving the space program: ______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accomplishments before entering the space program: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Education:__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Family information:__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Most interesting facts about this person: ________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Other items: ________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM
What was the Soviet space program like? How did it compare to the U.S. space program? Conduct research
to find out. List you findings below.
Answers will vary.
RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM
How astronauts are selected: __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Major accomplishments of Russian space program: ______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Safety record: ______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Missions secret or public: ____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accidents: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. SPACE PROGRAM
How astronauts are selected: __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Major accomplishments of U.S. space program:
________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Safety record: ______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Missions secret or public: ____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Accidents: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM SINCE APOLLO
Conduct research to find out what the U.S. space program has accomplished since the end of Project Apollo.
Fill in the missing information on the lines below.
1972
First Jupiter probe, Pioneer 10 is launched.
1973
Skylab, a satellite laboratory is put into orbit. Mariner 10 is launched.
1976
Probes Viking 1 and 2 land on Mars.
1980
Voyager 1 is the first spacecraft to fly past Saturn.
1981
First test flight of the space shuttle Columbia.
1983
First space shuttle mission. Spacelab is carried into space. Pioneer 10 is the first
manufactured object to pass beyond the known limits of the solar system.
1986
Voyager 2 flies past Uranus. Space shuttle Challenger explodes.
1988
First space shuttle mission since Challenger explosion.
1989
Voyager 2 flies past Neptune. Space probe Galileo flies past Venus.
1990
Hubble space telescope launched. Galileo flies past Earth. Magellan flies past Venus.
1997
Space probe Galileo discovers what may be liquid water on Jupiter’s moon Europa.
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CHECKING VOCABULARY
Hidden in the chart below are 14 terms relating to the U.S. space program. The letters of these words
may be arranged horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, either spelled forward or backward. Find
and circle these 14 terms.
S
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WORD BANK
Apollo missions
Apollo-Soyuz
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Robert Goddard
moon
NASA
Project Gemini
Project Mercury
rocket
satellite
Alan Shepard
Sputnik
Wernher von Braun
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TEST
Circle the letter for the correct answer to each question.
1.
An American scientist designed and built the first successful liquid-fuel rocket. Who was he?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
2.
Before World War II, what nation was most involved with rocket research and development?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
3.
the Atlas rocket
the Saturn 5 rocket
the V-2 rocket
the Redstone rocket
None of the above.
What event on October 4, 1957, caused the United States to accelerate its space effort?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
5.
the United States
the Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
None of the above.
What was the largest and most advanced rocket used during World War II?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
4.
Hermann Oberth
Robert Goddard
Wernher von Braun
Yuri Gargarin
Alan Shepard
John Kennedy wanted to land a man on the moon.
NASA was created.
The Russian Vostok project began.
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1.
None of the above.
When did the United States launch its first satellite?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
in
in
in
in
in
1965,
1957,
1954,
1960,
1958,
four
four
four
four
four
years after the Soviets launched Sputnik
months before the Soviets launched Sputnik
years before the Soviets launched Sputnik
months after the Soviets launched Sputnik
months after the Soviets launched Sputnik
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TEST (CONTINUED)
6.
What agency was created in the late 1950s to take charge of the space program?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
7.
What was the name of the first American project designed to put astronauts in space?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
8.
Project
Project
Project
Project
Project
Gemini
Apollo
Mercury
Vostok
Soyuz
Who was the first American launched into space?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
9.
NASA
Cape Canaveral
the FAA
ICBM
None of the above.
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Edwin Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Edward White
Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Edwin Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Edward White
10. What was the second phase of the U.S. space program called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Project
Project
Project
Project
Project
Mercury
Gemini
Apollo
Soyuz
Vostok
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TEST (CONTINUED)
11. What happened during the Gemini 4 mission in June 1965?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The
The
The
The
The
first
first
first
first
first
astronaut
astronaut
astronaut
astronaut
astronaut
orbited Earth.
was launched into space.
walked on the moon.
orbited the moon.
walked in space.
12. What happened in preparation for the first Apollo launch?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A fire broke out in the command module.
Virgil Grissom was killed.
Edward White was killed.
Roger Chaffe was killed.
All of the above.
13. What was the most spectacular aspect of the Apollo 8 mission?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
It was the first spaceship
It was the first spaceship
It was the first spaceship
It was the first spaceship
None of the above.
to
to
to
to
land on the moon.
dock with another in space.
malfunction in space.
orbit the moon.
14. When did the first Americans land on the moon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
July 20, 1968
July 20, 1969
July 20, 1970
July 20, 1967
None of the above.
15. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Edwin Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Edward White
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16. For what do people remember Apollo 13?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
An oxygen tank exploded.
The mission was aborted.
It was feared the craft might not make it back to Earth.
The craft was crippled by an accident.
All of the above.
17. What was so unusual about the launch of Apollo 17?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The launch took place in Texas rather than Cape Canaveral.
The launch took place at night.
The launch was several hours late.
An accident occurred on the launch pad.
None of the above.
18. On what project did the United States and Soviet Union work together?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The Apollo-Soyuz Project
The Vostok Project
Sputnik
Project Mercury
Project Gemini
19. Describe the Mercury capsule.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
It was very large.
It held two large astronauts.
It held three small astronauts.
It held one medium-sized astronaut.
None of the above.
20. Describe the Gemini capsule.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
It was very large.
It held two astronauts.
It held three astronauts.
It held one astronaut.
None of the above.
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