Crossing Frontiers: The Discovery of Space

Task 1

The aim of this task is to create a timeline with the most important events in the history of space exploration on it. For this purpose:

1. Get together with a partner

2. Take a look at the pictures, link list and the videos below and try to find the solution for following questions in a discussing with your partner. Write your solutions down.

(Feel free to do further reasearch with other english internet sources)

1. Questions

i) When did Russia launch the first satellite into space? What was its name?

ii) What happened to Laika on her flight to space?

iii) Who was the first man in space?

iV) How many men and women have ever been to the moon?

V) What are the plans for further space exploration?

2. Questions

Try to back up your answer with an explanation!

i) Why do you think are people fascintaed by space exploration?

ii) Can you share this fascination? If yes why?

iii) If you could be an astronaut, where would you like to fly to?

iV) Laika was the first being in space. How do you find it that man launched her into space for science so she had to die?

V) What would have been your words when you were Neil Amstrong and the frist man or woman on the moon?

The International Space Station (ISS)

This is how the earth looks like from the moon:

Link list:

Links with general information:

http://www.spacekids.co.uk/spacehistory/

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/explore_index.htm

About Laika, the first being in space:

http://www.historybyzim.com/2011/08/laika-space-dog/

About the moon landings:

http://www.spacekids.co.uk/moon/

http://www.spacekids.co.uk/rover/

Life in space:

About mars:

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/mars_explorer.htm

Task 2

Imagine you are a astronaut. You trained very long and hard for your goal to fly to the moon. You reached the moon and explored it. Everything went well and you are on the way back to the earth. Because it's a really long flight you have decided to wrtie a diary in which you tell the people back home on earth how it was to be on the moon.

Write a diary entry about one day on the moon!

Include:

...what you saw.

...what you did.

...how you felt when you were standing up there.

 

Use your imagination and tell a interresting story. Don't forget: This happened in the past, so you should use the fitting tense!

tip: Take a look at the videos and links under the title "the moon" to have some ideas what you could right about.