Thursday, April 14, 2011

5th Grade - Spring Break - The Space Shuttle...

In honor of New York City getting a space shuttle (albeit a prototype) your Spring Break assignment revolves around NASA and the Space Shuttle program.

Your assignment:
Watch the video about the history of the Space Shuttle.

Write a response to the video as a comment here on the blog.
- Here are some questions to get you thinking about the type of response to write:
> What do you think about the video?
> What did you learn from it?
> What was the most interesting part of the video for you?

Write your response in full and complete sentences.




Here are some other space related links you might also find interesting (feel free to comment about the links too):

Space Shuttle fact site
NASA video gallery
Solar System


Have a great vacation...



Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.

37 comments:

Anonymous said...

Anomonuys said...
John Abad said...
I think the video I just watched was great because I learned all about space and space shuttles.
I learned that the people that work in NASA make space ships and space shuttles.
The most interesting about the video was when the people in NASA made space ships and space shuttles.

Anonymous said...

Jonah L. said…

What I liked about the video was that it showed amazing footage of NASA and how thousands of people worked together such an amazing aircraft!
What I didn't like was that they didn't show any of the problems, such as the challenger disaster.

What I learned from this video was that NASA is more than just flying spaceships but influences almost every aspect of science!

Yodarlin S said...

In the video I saw I thought that it was interesting!I really thought it was good. What I learned was that the NASA made space shuttles. The most important part of the video was that when the the NASA people were making the space shuttles.

Amanda T. said...

I thought the video was very interesting. I learned that when astronauts are training they practice by going underwater. I also learned that when we didn't have computer simulation, people had to use little wood models of the shuttle to test it. The most interesting part of the video for me was when I learned about how many people worked on the shuttle.

Laquesha Phillips said...

I think the movie was really really good because i saw space shuttles and stuff like that and i also learned really great things about the movie.One thing i learned was that Juan Yun was the 12th man to goon the moon.And i also learned that the people who work in the NASA make space ships and spce shuttles.And the most interesting part of the movie for me that i liked was when the NASA people went into space and when the NASA made spaceships it looked kinda fun and hard to do.

Adam A. said...

Wow! This video was amazing! I have always wanted to work for NASA, and have found space exploration very interesting. It must be intense for the astronauts when they take off because of all the G-forces. I guess that's why they have to train using simulators to prepare. Something interesting I learned was the fact that the astronauts have to train by walking in the world's largest indoor swimming pool. It must be an amazing feeling for the NASA people to watch a shuttle blast off into space and know that they helped create it and/or its mission.

Aric .O said...

In this very interesting video it taught me one lesson beside the point,the lesson was we can make our dreams possible if we try together.Thanks to the brave astronauts like Juan Yun, and NASA who made the dreams o f mankind going into outer space true.My favorite part was when they invented the space shuttles that must be a very hard job to make space shuttles.

Julien G. said...

I thought this video was great! What especially caught my interest was that nasa's shuttles drop the rockets into the sea,and they retrieve it later on. The video also taught me that it does not just take a few people to launch and get ready to launch a shuttle.

Anonymous said...

Jose C.
Wow!I thnk the video I saw was great because I learned about space and space shuttles. The part I like was when they invented the space shuttles that must have being hard to built.

Panchita Lopez-Li said...

I thought the video was very interesting.I learned alot about space ships.My favorite part was when I learned how many people had to work together to make the space shuttle.One thing I found interesting is that the NASA's shuttles get dropped into the ocean,and they retrieve it later on.Another thing I found interesting is astronauts have to get trained by walking in the world's most biggest swimming pool.

Abdul said...

Abdul
Wow! I really like this video. It's amazing. I learned things that I never knew before about space shuttle, specially the part about training in the world largest indoor swimming pool. I knew that astronuts gets lots and lots of training. But I never knew that walking underwater was a part of their training. I find that really interesting. I'm really interested in outer space. I always want to larn more about space.

NerminE. said...

I think the video was amazing!I learned about space and space shuttles.I also learned that the people that work there make these space shuttles and space ships.The most intersesting part of the video was when they all worked together and made the space ships and space shuttles.

Jaeda A said...

I think the video was really interesting. I learned that the NASE made space shuttles. My favorite part was when the NASE made space shuttles!

jason t said...

The video I just watch was Splendid! I learned that 30 years ago their legacy was unleaashed. And I saw astronauts flying and floating. The most interesting part of the video for me is that when the when at the countdown to "Blastoff," the rocket was about to go up and the sound of the blast came and fire came from the bottom of the rocket. It was so cool and off the hook aka awesome.

joshua king said...

Joshua said...
The video was perfect!!! The countdown look's awesome. I never known that NASA had build space shuttles. When the bottom of the shuttle rocket came off and the fire
was like boom!

Naima Mamataz said...

I think that this video was very interesting and amazing. It showed many different views on how long it takes to build a space shuttle and how long they took in training for the space shuttle to be ready for take off.
I learned that it takes more than an astronaut to make a space shuttle mission to be successful. It takes Engineers, Technicians, Scientists, Controllers, and training experts for the astronauts, space shuttle to be safe and successful. I also learned that NASA, the space organization, helped put this all together and with President Nixon's approval of building a space shuttle, the pride for America and Americans grew stronger for the Astronauts.
The most interesting part of this video was seeing the test pilots trying out the Space Shuttle and then landing on the lake, seeing thousands of Americans waiting to see it land. This video was great and interesting and I learned a lot of things from this video!!!

Jade Steele said...

The video I watched was cool.I learned that astronauts hade to trian for weeks,months,days,and years.The most interesting part of the clip was the atronauts were on the moon and they were looking at the ciclres in the moon.The video broing but,it was still good.

Luca L. said...

The video had a lot of unusual things abut space that I never knew about so it was cool.
I learned that to go on a big space fleet you need a lot of people.
The most interesting fact that I learned was that there were so many different space shuttles before the one that we have today

Samira R. said...

Samira R.

The video I just saw I thought was so interesting!What I learned was that NASA makes space shuttles.The most important part of the video for me was when I learned how many people work on the space shuttles we have now.

Brandon Steele said...

I think the video was interesting because it shows the history of NASA.At the end it was very epic,though the video was kinda boring.I learned about the space shuttle's parts.And how the shuttle has to go over the ocean and drop its lauching parts for the people to get it for future missions.The most intresting part is showing the history and the space crafts of NASA.

Garrett B. said...

This video was amazing!It shows just how far Mankind has come during the "Space Age." The history of "The Space Age" is so fascinating.At first the first Space Shuttles were brought into the air by Aircrafts (Planes.) Then they were brought into the air by Rockets attached to a big Fuel Tank.
The thing that I liked most was how they gave a full understanding of "The Space Age" and they told how long Astronauts train.Again this video was great! 20 out of 20 stars!!!!

Abdelrahman O. said...

This video was amzing!!! I never knew the Endeavour was the last space shuttles. I didn't know NASA made space shuttles either. My favorite part was when they tested the flight using a paper airplane.

Raven W. said...

I personally thought that this video was amazing! I've never really tried to learn about NASA and space shuttles/ space crafts. I never had an interest so I found this video interesting. I never knew it took years and years to plan for the trip and prepare with the right equipment. I was thinking maybe a couple of months out of the year. People train for six years!!!
I like when the people in the video first see the the space shuttles and/or space crafts coming back. They seemed so excited and they had their hands in the air like there was a party about to start! It also looks cool when the astronauts are floating in the air.
I think that the most interesting part was when people are preparing with their equipment. It was cool to see inside of the shuttle/spacecraft. I got to see the different tools they use.
That's what I thought of the video!!!

Saria S. said...

I thought this was a amazing video!I learned that more than a million parts have to work perfectely to get the Space Shuttle to fly.I think the best part of this video was watching the Space Shuttle fly into space.

Christopher D. said...

I couldn't learn much since the computer I'm using has no sound system, but it was interesting watching the space station in orbit.

Deron M. said...

What I thought that was video interesting. I learn that they made a model of the space shuttle to see how the it lands and the astronauts go through lots of basic training.I also learned that they name the first space shuttle after a ship in star trek. The video is eduational and taught me things that I never known before. I would like to learn more about this video because I would like share this information with my friends.

David K. said...

This video was so awesome!!! This video showed me a lot of different stuff until you launch the rocket. for example, they have to test the rocket out before they attach boosters on the rocket.

The part I liked the most was when they said on the screen, T-minus whatever time. It was like a real rocket was being launched. Instead of the countdown being 10,9,8... it said three years to launch. So it seemed like all that time was going so fast.

Moustafa Alaudi said...

I thought this was a amazing video!I learned that more than a million parts have to work perfectely to get the Space Shuttle to fly.I think the best part of this video was watching the Space Shuttle fly into space.What I learned is that NASA makes space shuttles.

Luis G. said...

What I thought about the movie was that it was really iteresting.It was interesting because alot of people helped make the space shuttle.What I learned from the movie was that alot of people were tring and tring of figering out how to build the perfect space shuttle.the most interesting part was that how many creations people have made to make the space shuttle that was the most interesting part for me.

Destiny F. said...

This NASA viedo was amazing and interesting! The most interesting part of the viedo for me was when the rocket was counting down and i could see the rocket right in front of my eyes!!!! I really didn't know anything about the space shuttle...it was very interesting inever thought it would take years and years to plan a takeoff.WOW that's alot work!

Adriana G. said...

The video was interesting. I learned it takes time for an astronaut to train. To me the most interesting part was when it showed a space shuttle on top of an air craft flying.

Nicolas C. said...

I think the video was really cool. I learned a lot from it. I had no idea that they picked up the boosters from the ocean. I wished they explained a bit about the New York space shuttle.

Lissette S. said...

The video was really interesting. I learned that NASA made space shuttles.the most interesting for me was when the space shuttle flew up that was my favorite part

Deandra C. said...

I really enjoyed learning about NASA. I learned that NASA as well as other space shuttle companies have to make sure that the astronauts come back to earth safely. I also learned that NASA has to make sure that every part to the space shuttle is perfectly put on to keep the astronauts safe. I really enjoyed the video!

Michael said...

I thought the video was very interesting I would give it 5 stars! It really showed me a lot of things that have to do with a space shuttle taking off!

I learned that it takes a lot of people in order to let the space shuttle ignite its boosters and leave our atmosphere and head into space!

My most interesting part is when the shuttle takes off and you see the ground get covered with smoke from the ignition!

Christian Miles Gonzalez said...

I believe this video is very fascinating, I can't believe how the technology in the present time has evolved since the olden times.
I learned that before computers, Star Trek would use wind tunnels and models to test the flight.
The most interesting part was how the space shuttles take off!!!
By: Christian Miles Gonzalez

Sophie K. said...

I thought that that video was amazing. I especially liked the part when they showed you a blue print of the space shuttle. I learned that it takes years to make a space shuttle.