Something to Look Forward To

50 Years of Nasa

Lesson Plan #75

Teacher: Miss Katherine Victoria VanAnderland, as Joy

Date: 06/27/2020

Overview & Purpose

Celebrate over 50 years of space exploration with color pages and a workbook to learn about outer space.

Education Standards

1. Creativity Skills

2. Reading Skills

3. Problem Solving

Objectives

1. Learn about NASA things they didn’t know

2. What is significant about Outer Space?

3. Why do we send Space Shuttles into Space?

Materials Needed

1. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/forwardmoonexploreractivities-1.pdf

2. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/a-z-activity-sheets.pdf

3. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/637502main_as_2.pdf

4. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/ocean-currents/en/ Game

Verification

Steps to check for student understanding

1. Complete all Materials

2. Know the Space Alphabet and what it means

3. Do a presentation about what you have learned thats new

Activity

Describe activity that will reinforce the lesson

Coloring a book from A - Z, different projects to complete that are in observance of the 50th Anniversary of NASA. Make 4 copies and then share the lesson plan of the book “Forward to the Moon” with each group