Recently, I had read an article on the website
newsela.com called "
Astronaut Links up with Kids to Share his Love of Science," by
Marylou Tousignant. The astronaut featured in the article is named, Randy Bresnik. He is an American living on the International Space Station about 250 miles above the Earth along with two other Americans and three other astronauts from around the globe. He had started his six-month mission aboard the Space Station in July of 2017. He will be returning to the Earth in just two months. In the meantime, the video calls the Smithsonian to talk to hundreds of children and answer any questions they may have about astronauts. When he calls into the Smithsonian he does about a 30-minute show showing off all of the exciting aspects of his job to entice children to develop a love for math, science, and technology. He the children the freeze-dried food he eats and how any liquids that get loose bubble up and float around the cabin. Aside from food, Bresnik also entertains the children by showing them how he has to exercise for 90 minutes a day and jokes that he cannot move his head to fast or the seat will fly off and float away. Some of the most interesting questions the children asked Bresnik were how he knows when it is night or day and how he deals with being away from his family for so long? First, to tell if it is night or day, Bresnik and the other astronauts have to use their own watches to keep track of time. The Space Station moves around the Earth at 5 miles per second, creating 16 sun rises and the sun sets in one day. It is probably a little bit like when people living in Alaska go through periods all day of darkness and all daylight, they just have to ignore the sun. Bresnik's response to the question about dealing with being away from his family was that he deals with it like military families separated by deployment overseas. He can talk to his wife and kids through emails and satellite phone calls. One of Bresnik's favorite things about being on the space station is the ride on the rocketship to get to the station. He said that the launch feels like being on a rollercoaster that lasts for 8 1/2 minutes. His other favorite thing about being on the space station is taking pictures. He said that the clouds all look different from space. I thought this was a great article to go along with my unit plan on space technology. During our unit plan, the students learn about rockets, satellites, and the different robots used to fix the International Space Station. I think my students would have found this article very interesting. I think it would be very cool to find a video of this astronaut's call to show a class to get them interested in science, math, and technology as well. The video would also show them real-life examples of what the students were learning about. I think it would be a very exciting experience to talk with an astronaut, so I am sure that our fourth-grade students would find it to be a thrilling experience.
Recently, I had read an article on the website newsela.com called "Astronaut Links up with Kids to Share his Love of Science," by Marylou Tousignant. The astronaut featured in the article is named, Randy Bresnik. He is an American living on the International Space Station about 250 miles above the Earth along with two other Americans and three other astronauts from around the globe. He had started his six-month mission aboard the Space Station in July of 2017. He will be returning to the Earth in just two months. In the meantime, the video calls the Smithsonian to talk to hundreds of children and answer any questions they may have about astronauts. When he calls into the Smithsonian he does about a 30-minute show showing off all of the exciting aspects of his job to entice children to develop a love for math, science, and technology. He the children the freeze-dried food he eats and how any liquids that get loose bubble up and float around the cabin. Aside from food, Bresnik also entertains the children by showing them how he has to exercise for 90 minutes a day and jokes that he cannot move his head to fast or the seat will fly off and float away. Some of the most interesting questions the children asked Bresnik were how he knows when it is night or day and how he deals with being away from his family for so long? First, to tell if it is night or day, Bresnik and the other astronauts have to use their own watches to keep track of time. The Space Station moves around the Earth at 5 miles per second, creating 16 sun rises and the sun sets in one day. It is probably a little bit like when people living in Alaska go through periods all day of darkness and all daylight, they just have to ignore the sun. Bresnik's response to the question about dealing with being away from his family was that he deals with it like military families separated by deployment overseas. He can talk to his wife and kids through emails and satellite phone calls. One of Bresnik's favorite things about being on the space station is the ride on the rocketship to get to the station. He said that the launch feels like being on a rollercoaster that lasts for 8 1/2 minutes. His other favorite thing about being on the space station is taking pictures. He said that the clouds all look different from space. I thought this was a great article to go along with my unit plan on space technology. During our unit plan, the students learn about rockets, satellites, and the different robots used to fix the International Space Station. I think my students would have found this article very interesting. I think it would be very cool to find a video of this astronaut's call to show a class to get them interested in science, math, and technology as well. The video would also show them real-life examples of what the students were learning about. I think it would be a very exciting experience to talk with an astronaut, so I am sure that our fourth-grade students would find it to be a thrilling experience.
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