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# 133 - Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia - 1.30.06
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Bi-Weekly Science Lesson Plan List
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Jan 26, 2006 11:57 PST
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Hi everyone,
Its hard to believe that January 28, 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of
the Challenger Disaster and that I was a 7th grader when it happened.
January 27th, 1967 marks the 39th anniversary of the Apollo 1 Tragedy.
Also this week, Feb 1, 2003, is the 3rd anniversary of the Columbia
Disaster.
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Please visit the NASA site, "Day of Rememberance" for more info:
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/dor_front/index.html
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"I touch the future. I teach," Christa McAuliffe.
CNN has a nice article about her:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/01/25/christa.mcauliffe.ap/index.html
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FYI for your VCR/TiVO:
National Geographic Channel:
Saturday, January 28, 2006, at 8P
Challenger: The Untold Story
Challenger: The Untold Story []
The January 28, 1986, launch of the space shuttle Challenger was
expected to be a historic first-schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe was to
be the first private ordinary U.S. citizen flown into space. Instead,
the Challenger flight marked one of the greatesttragedies in American
space exploration when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff,
killing all seven crew members on board. With the shuttles explosion
came serious questions such as could the tragedy have been averted?
Also airs:
Saturday, January 28, 11P
Monday, January 30, 12P
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/
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Programming note: Tune in for "Christa McAuliffe:
Reach for the Stars" on "CNN Presents," Sunday, January 29, at 8 p.m.
and 11 p.m. ET.
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I wanted to share this website with you. In my first year teaching 6th
grade science, our school took part in the Challenger Center's Mission
Simulation program, and the kids LOVED it! Each kid has a job to do and
some students were at Mission Control while some were on board the
shuttle. It was such a great experience. They also have tons of
lessons on their website:
This is their homepage:
http://www.challenger.org/
Short essay on the 20th anniversary as well as tons of info on the
Mission, links are on the site, the menu to your left:
http://www.challenger.org/about/20years.cfm
Lesson Plans:
http://www.challenger.org/teachers/lessons/index.cfm
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Have a great week!
Liz
www.middleschoolscience.com
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