This was created to meet the curriculum outcomes in New Brunswick's Grade 6 Science Space unit.

1. Sunday, September 7th
, 2008
SPACE
Improvements in
Technology

2.  There have been a lot
of improvements over
the years that have
made the space
program possible.
 Here are just a few
examples:

3. Galileo's telescope 1609
 This is Galileo’s
telescope – the one
he used to figure out
that the planets were
revolving around the
sun, and not around
the Earth…

4. Venus
 …and this is how
clear the planet
Venus appeared
through that
telescope.

5. Hubble Telescope
 This is the Hubble Space Telescope, a long way
from Galileo’s telescope…

6.  …and these are the
images it can take
from across millions
of light years.

7. Model T Ford 1908
 This is the Model T Ford, the first mass
produced car in history…

8. Moon buggy 1971
 …and this is the
moon buggy we
brought to the moon
with us.

9. Sputnik 1957
 This is the first
satellite that was
launched into
space.

10.  It travelled around the
earth for 22 days and
was capable of
measuring
atmospheric
pressure.

11. Voyager 1, 1977
 Voyager, by comparrison,
travelled throughout our
solar system, taking
pictures and
measurements of our
planets for the first time.
 It left our solar system in
2003 and is still
functioning.

12. Salyut 1 (1971) and Skylab (1973)
 The first space stations
were amazing
achievements, but
we’ve come a long way
in 35 years.

13. Space station 2008

14. NASA Home and Space
There have been many
spinoffs from the space
program that affect all of
our lives. To see how
many there are, click on
this link or click this
picture
and answer the questions
on your worksheet.
 http://www.nasa.gov/multim