5K's Fun SPACE presentation included facts about asteroids, animals in space, the first women astronauts, how astronauts eat in space, space junk, what stars and the Milky Way are made of, NASA, sound in space, space shuttles, and dwarf planets. The presentation was created by students in Grade 5K using Microsoft PowerPoint and included information from various online sources.

1. 5K’s Fun SPACE
FACTS.
Grade 5K researched interesting
facts on SPACE using Wolfram Alpha
then created this presentation
using Microsoft PowerPoint and
Slideshare.
We hope you enjoy it!

2. Asteroids are made up of rock,
metal and some minerals such
as iron. Sometimes they are
made with platinum.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_asteroids_made_of
by Alexander and Ryan

3. An imals in Space
On June 11th, 1948 the
first animal which was a
monkey launched into
space but unfortunately
died of impact. However
a mouse flew into space
and survived the flight.
By Olivia
Bibliography
http://history.nasa.gov/animals.html http://hubpages.com/topics/education-and-
science/astronomy-and-space-exploration/earth/3438http://blog
and
.al.com/montgomery/2011/01/astrochimp_researcher_to_speak.html
Stephanie

4. third women in space 18-June 24, 1983.
The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova. She was Russian and she travelled
around earth on June 16, 1963. Also Valentina was the only astronaut to marry an other
Tereshkova.
astronaut, and they travelled to space together.
The first American woman in space was Sally Ride she was the third women in space
18-June 24, 1983.
Bibliography www.aerospaceguide.net/women_in_space/

5. ASTRONAUTS
About 50 years
ago astronauts
used to suck their,
paste like, food out
of tubes. Now
they add water to
dehydrated
powder and suck
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PICTURE=http://gallery.spaceref.com/us-spaceflight/SL2/10076066.html
that out
INFORMATION=http://www.google.com.au/url?q=http://science.howstuffworks.com/astronauts-eat-in-
as their food.
space.htm&sa=U&ei=9teoTo7IOIGOiAem7fi0Dg&ved=0CBYQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFonRwjAL3mPo_R2OHK0Ru-DFyu-g
BY EMMA D, VANESSA D AND ALYSSA

6. Space junk
By Adrian, Sabato, Lucas and callum
Space debris includes rocket stages, satellites that are not in use,
fragments of explosions, paint flakes, dust and other particles. Some space
debris is polluting some of the earth’s atmosphere.
Bibliography: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

7. A star is made up of 73% of Hydrogen
and 25% of helium. Our nearest star is
the sun.
Bibliography:
http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/2-what-are-stars-made-of.html
http://www.universetoday.com/24796/what-are-stars-made-of/
http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=56
By Emilia and Sera!

8. Milky Way
Bibliography:
Information: www.universetoday.com/22285/facts-about-the-milky-way/
Picture: http://www.astropix.com/IMAGES/D_SUM_S/MILKYWAY.JPG
By Jacinta, Janina and Emma

9. NASA
NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. On September 14, 2011, NASA
announced that it had selected the design of a new
space launch system that it said would take the
organization astronauts further into space than ever
before and provide the cornerstone for future humans
for space travel efforts by the U.S. Neil Armstrong
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: NASA - Home NASA Images
Matt f, Matt c and kristian

10. Sound cannot travel through
space because vibrations of
particles move in a wave motion.
It is not possible because there is
no medium (particles of matter)
in Space.
Bibliography:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_sound_waves_travel_in_space

11. A space shuttle is a manned rocket that was used by
NASA to go into space. The main equipment was the
orbiters, recoverable boosters, external tanks,
payloads, and supporting foundation. It’s crewed by
an elite force of astronauts.
By George, Harris and Dillon

12. Dwarf
APlanets
dwarf planet is not a
planet because its
orbit is not on the
right track and they
are too small. Dwarf
planets include Pluto,
Ceres, Haumea and Eris.
Xerxes & Neeson