John F. Kennedy Space Center has launched ALL U.S. Human Spaceflight Missions. Preparing a vehicle to liftoff into space requires a special location, massive facilities, unique equipment and tools, and a world-class workforce.
Participants in this DLN event discover just what it takes to prepare a vehicle for space through hands-on activities. They also use age-appropriate mathematical calculations to more fully understand related processes.
Program Format
Interactivity throughout a virtual tour of the Kennedy Space Center with videos, demonstrations and hands-on activities.Videoconference Lesson Plan:
http://nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln/admin/media/download.jsp?file_id=735
Objectives
K-4: Students participating in "America's Spaceport" will point out the nose cone and fins of a rocket with 100 % accuracy and compare 5 rockets by size from tallest to shortest. Students also discover how many of their classmates combined in a one square yard area can expand to fill the Vehicle Assembly building to within one whole student.
5-8: Students participating in "America's Spaceport" will compare their height to the Vehicle Assembly Building to the nearest inch, calculate the area of the VAB to the nearest student, and compare their weight to the weight of the Crawler-Transporter to the nearest pound.
9-12: Students participating in "America's Spaceport" will explain the possible impact zone of a rocket launch failure at one and two meters distances to the nearest percent
Cost: Free
Damon Talley
damon.talley@aesp.nasa.okstate.edu
OSU Kennedy Space Center, FL 32955
(321) 867-4213Fax: (321) 867-1742
http://nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln
Participants in this DLN event discover just what it takes to prepare a vehicle for space through hands-on activities. They also use age-appropriate mathematical calculations to more fully understand related processes.
Program Format
Interactivity throughout a virtual tour of the Kennedy Space Center with videos, demonstrations and hands-on activities.Videoconference Lesson Plan:
http://nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln/admin/media/download.jsp?file_id=735
Objectives
K-4: Students participating in "America's Spaceport" will point out the nose cone and fins of a rocket with 100 % accuracy and compare 5 rockets by size from tallest to shortest. Students also discover how many of their classmates combined in a one square yard area can expand to fill the Vehicle Assembly building to within one whole student.
5-8: Students participating in "America's Spaceport" will compare their height to the Vehicle Assembly Building to the nearest inch, calculate the area of the VAB to the nearest student, and compare their weight to the weight of the Crawler-Transporter to the nearest pound.
9-12: Students participating in "America's Spaceport" will explain the possible impact zone of a rocket launch failure at one and two meters distances to the nearest percent
Cost: Free
Damon Talley
damon.talley@aesp.nasa.okstate.edu
OSU Kennedy Space Center, FL 32955
(321) 867-4213Fax: (321) 867-1742
http://nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln