Download Class Project - Space Exploration Timeline

Discovery Class Project - Space Exploration Timeline
Each group will complete a different section of the timeline to
compile at the end of the project. Guidelines for constructing the
timeline will come later.
 Each group must complete 5-10 events for their section of the
timeline, including their mandatory events
 Each event must be accompanied by an index card that states
the date of the event, with a paragraph detailing the
significance of the event to space exploration and
understanding outer space and the universe. WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT?
 Each event must also be accompanied by a visual
representation of the event (May not be a print out from
the computer)
 Groups must note all the sources used on 1-2 index cards on
their section of the timeline (No Wikipedia, No WikiAnswers,
No Yahoo!Answers)
SCIENCE BOOK pages 221 – 235, 275 - 299
Observations before 1500 – Group 1
Find 5-10 significant events in understanding outer space made by persons or peoples prior to the invention of the
telescope.
You must include contributions made by:
 the Greeks
 the Chinese
 the Mayans
Events made between 1500 and 1950 – Group 2
Find 5-10 significant events in understanding outer space made by persons or peoples after the invention of the telescope,
but before rockets transported anything into space.
You must include contributions made by:
 Copernicus
 Kepler
 Galileo
Events between 1950-1980 (Satellites and Probes) – Group 3
Find 5-10 significant events in understanding outer space made by probes and satellites transported into space by rockets
between 1950 and 1980.
You must include contributions made by:
 Sputnik – page 223
 Mariner page 224, 225 282 283 284
 Pioneer page 224, 225 226
 Voyager 224, 225 226 288 290 292
 Ranger and Surveyor - 227
Events between 1950-1980 (Human Exploration) – Group 4
Find 5-10 significant events in understanding outer space made by humans transported into space by rockets between
1950 and 1980.
You must include contributions made by:
 Cosmonauts (Soviet Union/Russian) 227
 Project Mercury 227 (Shepard and Glenn)
 Project Gemini 227
 Project Apollo 228 262
- Mission 11 228
- Mission 13 262
Events between 1980-2009 (Satellites and Probes) – Group 5
Find 5-10 significant events in understanding outer space made by probes and satellites transported into space by rockets
between 1980 and 2009.
You must include contributions/events made by:
 Hubble Telescope 217 234 292 293 297
 Mars Rover 232 284 285
 Cassini 234
 Galileo - 1989
Events between 1980-2009 (Human Exploration) – Group 6
Find 5-10 significant events in understanding outer space made by humans transported into space by rockets between
1980 and 2009.
You must include contributions/events made by:
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Space Shuttle 229
- Challenger 1986
Space stations 230
- SkyLab 230
-
ISS 231