Space Timeline Reading Task

 Space timeline Reading tasks.

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this reading activity is to: increase our knowledge of space
exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas about space
have changed over time (science). We are also learning to read non-fiction
texts and use our writing skills to share our understanding of this topic and
our ideas (literacy). Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of
‘Thinking’ and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

Focus

We are looking at using non-fiction text to increase our knowledge in our
science topic; SPACE. Your aim is to read and understand the timeline reading
and use this knowledge to complete the reading activity below.

First, Read the timeline cards. Click here for the space timeline pdf

Second, We will discuss what you have read. This will be a good time
to ask questions about anything you are unsure of.

Third, do your reading tasks.

Fourth, complete your reading activity. Remember to proofread, check
spelling and punctuation. Then do a self assessment and a peer assessment. Check it with a teacher.

Reading Activity

View and read the space timeline on the classroom walls.
Think about how how our theories/ideas and understandings
about the universe and Earth’s place in it has changed over time.

Answer the following questions.

Your answers need to be full sentences.

After you have answered all the questions please put them in
chronological order (time order, oldest first)

1) What are two things that Galileo discovered?
The two things that Galileo discovered are Jupiter's Moon and the
different phases of Venus. (1610)

2) Who discovered the first asteroid? The first asteroid was
discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. (1801)

3) What was Sputnik 1?

This was called Sputnik 1 and it was a satellite
and it sent the  first signals from space. (1957)

4) In what year was NASA founded?
In 1958 the NASA was founded. And what does NASA mean?
(National Aeronautics

and Space Administration) (1958)

5) Who was the first woman in space? And where was she from?
Valentina Tereshkova was the first women in space.  Valentina
Tereshkova was from Russian (1963)

6)Where did Mariner 4 fly past? NASA’s Mariner 4 conducted the

first flyby of Mars. (1965)

      

 

7) In what year did Apollo 11 land on the moon?
Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969

8) What country launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space?
America launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space. (1977)

9) What happened that led to all space shuttles being grounded
for 3 years? Space shuttle Challenger exploded after launch,
killing the seven astronauts on board.  (1986)

10) When was the international space station completed?
They started building it in 1986 and they finished it in 2010. (1986)

11) How long did it take for the Cassini probe to arrive at Saturn?
After travelling for nearly seven years, the Cassini probe arrived
at Saturn. (2004)

12) What was interesting about New Horizons information about Pluto?
Data sent to the Earth showed that Pluto is fifty miles larger than was first
thought. (2015)

YOUR OPINION

After reading this information...

1. Who do you think made the biggest contribution
2. to our understanding of space?  Why?  
3. I think that Galileo because he found Jupiter's
4. moon and the different phases of Venus.
5. He also invented the first telescope.  (summarising key ideas)

    2) What do you think was the most important machine or  
      invention in helping us investigate space? Why?
(summarising key ideas) I think that the Space shuttles
are important because they carry people to space.

    3) What would you like to investigate about space? Why?
I would like to learn about the moon.

The moon was formed about 4.5 billion years ago following a collision
between Earth and an object the size of mars.

However as the moon moves around Earth, we see different parts
of that illuminated half (outer circle)

On the moon things weigh about one sixth as much as they do on earth
because the pull of gravity is weaker there.

The first science fiction film made in 1902 was about a trip to the moon.

Self and Peer Assessment.

Self and Peer Assessment

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

- I have put my answers in chronological order.

Success criteria 1: I have have scanned text to find key ideas
(I have been able to answer the questions).

        

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me
My partner

Success criteria 2: -I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

      

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me
My partner

Success criteria 3: I have put my answers in correct chronological order.

        

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me
My partner