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Language Arts – Open Court

4th Grade Unit 1 Theme: Risk and Consequences

Story: Mae C. Jemison a Space Scientist  by  Gail Sakurai

Resource Type

Themes

Websites

Extensions/ Activities

 Nasa kids page

  Space travel info

 

·         http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

Ask a question about space travel and then research to find answer.

 

Compare and contrast space travel with vacations, or traveling around the city.

 Nasa kids page

Astrobiology.

  Looks at what features we need to live on earth. Students make a planet the could handle human existence

 Nasa kids page

 

  Art Extension 

  Provides hands on idea for art extensions, many activities that relate to space travel

Nasa Kids Page Jemison Bio Students compare and contrast the biography from the book with that from the website. Students list the main characteristics of a biography.
Kids Astronomy Astronomy  
Nasa kids page Art Extension Students save pictures and then color them in. Students then compare their colored Earth with an actual picture of earth.

Activities:

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Discussion Question: Is taking a risk in life easy or difficult to do? Why?