a virtual field trip
by Peggy Garver
peggysue_garver@hotmail.com
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Click
on the space shuttle to begin your field trip. After you read
the introduction, click on the red questions to continue your field trip.
Do only the first three questions. When you have completed your trip,
click the back button until you come back to this page.
Student worksheet - to be printed as
needed for students taking the shuttle field trip.
Click here to view and print space shuttle worksheet.
Space Travel - Book Recommendations
Magic School Bus - Lost in the Solar System
by Joanna Cole
The Star Gazers by Gail Gibbons
Astronauts Today by Rosanna Hansen
The Space Shuttle by Jacqueline Langille
Best Book of Spaceships by Ian Graham
Roaring Rockets by Tony Mitton
To Space and Back by Sally Ride
DK Readers: Space Busters by Philip Wilkinsons
DK Readers: Rockets and Spaceships by Karen
Wallace
DK Readers: Autronauts Living in Space by
Kate Hayden
There's No Place Like Space (Cat in the Hat Library)
by Tish Rabe
Floating in Space by True Kelley
The Everything Kids Space Book by Kathiann M.
Kowalski
Other Good Web Sites
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/
http://www.starport.com/
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
http://spaceday.com./
Your teacher has a copy of this worksheet for you to complete.
Use what you've learned about the space shuttle to label its parts.
On the back of your page tell what each part of the shuttle does.
Then color the space shuttle.
return home
Post-Trip Activity
Imagine you are the commander of this
space shuttle that has just landed back on planet earth. Your exciting
trip into outer space has taken ten days. Your family and friends
can't wait to hear about your adventures. Draw a picture to show
the best part of your adventure in space. Then write a paragraph
telling about your picture. Be sure to tell what you saw, and what
you thought about during this time. Remember to reread your paragraph
to make sure it makes sense and your sentences are complete.
Your writing will be scored by your
teacher. You will get one point for each item on the scoring tool.
The highest score is 4 points.
Scoring Tool
1 point - Your paragraph matches your illustration.
1 point - Your sentences are complete and make sense.
1 point - You told what about you saw.
1 point - You told about what you were thinking.
