Decision Making

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Decision Making Resources
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Web Sites
liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/Shuttle/Spacelab/sl-use.html
www.ostp.gov/html/fy2000nasa.html ea.grolier.co
m/ea-online/wsja/text/ch06/tables/ts018.htm kids.
msfc.nasa.gov/Space www.spacekids.com
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Activities
1. As a class, we will create an experiment that
we will put on the space shuttle. 2. We
will discuss why people have budgets, and then we
will create a class budget for our
experiment. 3. We will discuss why there are
people in authority positions, and why only
those people make the decisions. 4. The class
will find pictures on the internet of planets and
other celestial bodies and make posters to
represent the various space objects. 5.
Using modeling clay, the class will work in
groups of two to create dioramas of rockets.
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Democratic Processes
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Web Sites
observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/spacefly/Iss/ISS_2.html
discovery.com.stories/science/spacestation/station
.html discovery.com/stories/science/iss/i_whodoesw
hat.html www.maximov.com/mir/homepage.asp www.cnn.
com/2000/TECH/space/04/14/mir.update/index.html
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Activities
1. Build a model of the Hubble Space Telescope
(HST). Teachers can order these models at
www.scikits.com/Hubble.html or have the
students create their own models. 2. Complete
the astronaut challenge! As a group, your job is
to discover the order in which you would
need to proceed to complete needed repairs
on the HST. Use the web site
amazing-space.stsci.edu/service.srv2.html 3.
Identify the different jobs needed to complete a
shuttle mission. Describe the different
duties and abilities needed to complete the
mission. 4. After reading the mission statement
of NASA, create your own mission statement
for exploring outer space. 5. Design your own
space station.
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Citizen's Rights Responsibilities
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Web Sites
www.observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/earth/exhibits/spy/s
py 1.htm www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/5268/ufo
.html edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/Webglis/glisbin/search.p
1?DISP www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/FOIA www.space
voyages.com/
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Activities
1. Students will brainstorm a list of questions
they would like answers to and will write
letters to NASA justifying why their
questions should be answered. 2. Students will
find five websites providing current information
on space missions to demonstrate the
availability and consistency of information
made public. 3. Students will plan their own
missions into space on the web site
www.spacevoyages.com 4. Students will use
internet satellite photos to try and pinpoint a
location close to their school and
community. 5. Students will hold a classroom
debate on the issue of their right to
privacy from satellite spy cameras.
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Conclusion
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At the end of the project the students will be
able to meet all six of the objectives. The
exploration of outer space and the space program
has become an integral part of the life of every
citizen. This unit will help the students to be
a part of that future.