Saturday, March 10, 2007

Lesson 20: Space and Space Travel




1. When do you think people will visit Mars?



2. What do you think they will find there?



3. If you could take a vacation to the moon, would you? Why or why not?



4. Have you ever seen any of the following movies: ET, Alien, Star Wars? Which one is your favorite? Why?



5. What will make the new international space station successful? Why?



6. Do you think governments spend too much money on space programs? Why or why not?



7. What do satellites do? How would our lives be different without them?



8. Have you ever taken an astronomy course? If so, tell about something you learned. If not, would you like to?



9. Have you ever used a telescope? What did you look at?



10. Do you wish on stars?



11. Would you like to be an astronaut? Why or why not?



12. A group of stars is called a constellation. Some examples are Orion, the Big Dipper, and Cassiopeia. What are the names of some constellations in your language? How did they get these names?



13. Do you think people will ever communicate with intelligent aliens? Why or why not?



14. What can we learn about the earth from studying other planets?



15. Can you name the planets in English? Try.

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