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Grab your suitcase and spacesuit—it’s time to blast off with Woodward the Astronaut mascot on a trip through our solar system. Normally such a trip would take years to from start to end, but Kid Scoop and Woodward will make the magical journey in under an hour. Activities will “launch” an interest in stars, planets and our amazing sun. Pioneering astronauts will gain a sense of relative distance between the sun and its orbiting spheres through an activity straight from NASA while adding new vocabulary to their understanding of the cosmos. Woodword will guide your spaceship to circle moons, dodge “space junk” left behind by earlier explorers, venture as far as the dwarf planet, Pluto, and return you safely to Earth in time for dinner. Bon voyage!
In this issue young astronauts will:
- Learn the names of the planets
- Read expository text about science
- Measure using the metric system
- Understand basic facts about the solar system and galaxies
- Learn new vocabulary
- Discover “space junk”—what it is and why it is a problem
- Calculate sums to determine distance in months or years
- Use the newspaper to hunt numbers and race to beat a partner
- Unscramble letters to spell planet names
- Create a time capsule
- Recommend a great book to a friend
6 page PDF
