Did You Know Astronaut Slides
This space travel-focused slides are a fun way to share new facts with your students.
This is another free resource for teachers and homeschool families from The Curriculum Corner.
About these slides
These are an engaging option to have on your screen as students enter the classroom. I find that having something that will hook their interest can be a good way to encourage students to enter calmly and be ready to learn.
These slides are focused on space travel.
When studying space in my sixth-grade classroom, there were too many questions for me to respond to. Plus, many times, I had no idea what the answer was!
I started having students record questions and then I would look into the answers. When there was time in class, I would turn it over to the students. Most often, we would run out of time and not get to the questions.
The slides I am sharing answer the most common questions I heard throughout the day.
The slides included address the following topics:
Personal Preference Kits (PPK): This is what the astronauts pack for themselves. They have a space that is 5 x 8 x 2. Challenge your students to make their own list after learning about PPKs!
ACES: These are the orange suits astronauts wear. The slide includes the uses and why they are orange.
EVA: These are the white spacewalk suits. This slide shares the uses and why they are white.
Blue Flight Jumpsuit: These are the training suits.
Rocket Boosters: Students were very interested in knowing what happens as pieces of the shuttle are released during launch. This slide gives a quick overview of the rocket boosters being released.
Snoopy on Artemis I: Yes, Snoopy was on the launch of the first Artemis! This slide shares the history between NASA and Snoopy.
Astronaut John W. Young: This slide shares a funny story about an astronaut who snuck a corned beef sandwich into his spacesuit.
You can download these slides by clicking on the green apples below:
This is intended to be a free resource for teachers and homeschool families. You may use these slides for your school and home. You may not sell or modify and sell these in any way.
The images used in these slides can be found on the NASA website.