| October 8, 2002,
Tuesday Shuttle Blasts Off for Space Station
By WARREN E. LEARY (NYT)
Bell Ringer:
picture by google.com
Can anyone tell me what you have just witnesses? What do you think happened? How did it affect the people in the united states?
Objectives:
To have the students learn about the Challenger explosion. Also how it affected a country like the United States. The students will be able to also see how a country can pull together when times are rough.
lecture and Discussion:
1. Why was the Challenger being watched by everyone in the Unites States? What made this mission different than any other rocketship we have sent to space.
2. Describe the reaction of the country in a whole? How did the United States make sure this kind of explosion never happened again.
3. Who were all the passengers on the Challenger and what made them so popular with the Unites States?
Practice and Activities:
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/Thomas/webquest/mmtindex.html
http://www.rfsd.k12.wi.us/rocky/staff%20pages/VerBurg/Pages/WebQuest.html
Closure:
Have the students come up with groups in which has to pretend they are the news cast giving a live broacast to the world about the explosion of The Challenger. As seen in the practice activity. Students will be allowed to pick their own groups and will have to use a video camera in class in order to make the telecast.
other information involving this topic:
http://www.fas.org/spp/51L.html