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TITLE:  Space Shuttle

AUTHOR:  Robin Armstrong, Reno NV

GRADE LEVEL/SUBJECT:  4-6, science

PURPOSE:  To develop an understanding of the space shuttle
and its function in our space program.

OBJECTIVES:
  1.  Students will be able to define the word space
      shuttle.
  2.  Students will be able to label and define the parts of
      the space shuttle.  (orbiter, two solid rocket
      boosters, and the external tank on the outside)
  3.  Students will be able to write a description of what
      the shuttle can do and give an example of a project
      the shuttle has done in space to date.
  4.  Students will learn acronyms for space transport
      system (STS), solid rocket booster (SRB), shuttle
      carrier aircraft (SCA), and National Aeronautics Space
      Administration (NASA)

RESOURCES/MATERIALS:
1.  Hand out a blank space shuttle - use "SHUTTLE CRAFT
    EDUCATION COLORING BOOK".
2.  Space shuttle information sheet from teachers resource
    book - one for each student.
3.  Space shuttle operators manual for lists of acronyms -
    one per student.
4.  Encyclopedias
5.  Spacebooks from library on space shuttle.

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