Search
Reading stories of famous Americans who succeeded through hard work and perseverance inspires young dreamers that their futures are full of possibilities. Meet an African-American woman whose math prowess helped guide the first spaceships into orbit. In the days before computers, scientists and mathematicians performed complex calculations by hand. America’s budding space program largely employed Anglo males. Enter Katherine G. Johnson whose hard work, determination and perseverance helped her succeed in school, career and life and earned her respect and admiration of her peers! A captivating story about a brilliant scholar who worked behind the scenes to launch our country into space. This “Human Computer” provided highly complex and precise calculations that helped bring astronauts safely home again. Her inspiring story is out of this world!
In this issue budding astronauts will:
- Read biographical text about a female African-American mathematician
- Understand character traits that lead to success in school, career and life
- Calculate sums to solve true/false questions
- Read closely to select content vocabulary
- Use the newspaper for a number search and sort
- Locate a story of character in the news
- Write about your dreams for the future
6 page PDF
