Neil Armstrong Lesson Plans

1. W-W-W-W-What Do You Know?
...ing from when she was four located underneath the window and a tear rolled down her cheek. She hopes that she will like her new room on Oak Street just as well and she has enjoyed this room for the past 8 years. Charts of 5w?s?at least two per student (sample chart located below) Copy of passage on Neil Armstrong from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/ Pencils for each student (Computers with internet access optional) Procedures: 1. Ask students if they know why it?s important to read? Explain to students, ?That?s right, it is important to learn to read so that we can communicate with each other and...

2. Learning Journals
...es) This site has several journal entries made by students. 3.)Cooperative Group Activity: Now have students practice writing a learning journal with a group. Allow students to view the article from the site below. Have students print the article after they finish reading it. Remember to share that Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Ask students to work in their groups to highlight four interesting facts, write down new vocabulary words, and also any questions that they might want to ask Mr. Armstrong if he were here. Then, students choose a partner from the group to help write a journal e...

3. 20. Extra Alignment
...ot support a tag, it will just ignore it. For the effect of center alignment, compare: sample web page Cheese In History Cheese has been there for many major events When Magellan sailed through the narrow Straits, he was eating cheese. When the Allied troops landed in Europe, cheese was there. When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, he had just had finished a cheese snack. return to the cheese home page with this example that center aligns the content: sample web page Cheese In History Cheese has been there for many major events When Magellan sailed through the narrow Straits, he was eating cheese. When t...

4. Tour de Force on the Tour de France
learning/teacher/bg_teacher.gif) Back to Main Daily Lesson Related Article Plan The Ultimate Lesson Plan Overachiever: Archive Lance Edward News Snapshot Armstrong Issues in Depth By FRANK LITSKY On This Day in History (Go to Article.) Crossword Puzzle Campus Weblines Education News Get Our Lessons By E-mailPrinter-friendly Version Newspaper in Education (NIE) Teacher Resources Classroom Friday, July 30, 1999 Subscriptions _ Tour de Force on the Tour de France Lanc...

5. NASA Plans Moon Base \
...entify the words in the list that will appear on each dictionary page. The correct answers appear below: perfect - pinch permanently, petunia, photography, physical, piano pine - pony pizza, planet, pleasant, poetry, poles ponytail - proof praise, project Listening comprehension. In 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to step foot on the moon. Read aloud to students the brief biography of Neil Armstrong. Then ask some of the following questions to check students' listening comprehension: On what date was Neil Armstrong born? (August 5, 1930) How old was Armstrong when he first flew in a pla...

6. News For you
...969 and 1972) You might follow-up that activity with some of these questions: Recalling Detail When do NASA officials hope to send astronauts to the moon again? (in 2018) When was the last time that U.S. astronauts walked on the moon? (in 1972) Who was the first astronaut to ever walk on the moon? (Neil Armstrong) How much will it cost to build a new spaceship to carry astronauts to the moon? ($104 billion) How many astronauts will the new spaceship carry to the moon? (four; later, it might support up to six astronauts on a mission to Mars) The new spaceship will be called a CEV. For what do the letters CEV...

7. One Small Step
...oduction: On May 25, 1961, before a joint meeting of Congress, President John F. Kennedy said, ?I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.? President Kennedy did not live to see Neil Armstrong step foot on the moon, but First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy did live to see her husband?s promise fulfilled. Where Jacqueline Kennedy was on the day man landed on the moon is unknown, but it is likely she was in Greece with her second husband, Aristotle Onassis, whom she had married nine months previo...

8. Flight on the Beach Lesson Plan
...years and older. Adult supervision is required to ensure children's safety. Adaptations Research the history of flight. Draw pictures of the various contraptions that proceeded the Wright brothers? inventions. Find out how the Wright Flyer and the Apollo II spacecraft are linked. What did astronaut Neil Armstrong carry with him the first time he stepped onto the moon?s surface? Learn why the invention of the airplane has been called the earliest great invention to be fully documented in photographs. Related Lesson Plans A Jewel of a Book Liter Meter: Experiment With Volume Train Across Canada Lesson Plans Su...

9. One Giant Leap for Humankind
...d and discuss "Amid Nostalgia for Apollo 11, Questions on NASA's Future," focusing on the following questions: a. What is meant, in this article, as "the good old days" of space exploration? What dreams did people thirty years ago have regarding the future of space travel and knowledge? b. What did Neil Armstrong mean when he said, "'The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class'"? Why would he and the other astronauts from the early days of the space program feel "regretful" about this? c. Do you agre...

10. Mrs. Robinson and Other Historical Songs
...ry Night Vincent Van Gogh Painter Boxing Muhammad Ali Athlete Hey Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac Author Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf Author Biko Steven Biko Civil Rights James K. Polk James K. Polk President In The Aeroplane Over the Sea Anne Frank Author Jackie's Strength Jacqueline Kennedy First Lady Armstrong, Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Collins Astronauts So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright Architect Angel of Harlem Billy Holliday Musician Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti Sacco and Vanzetti Anarchists Remember the Ladies Abigail Adams First Lady Dear Mrs. Roosevelt Fran...