The space race was a critical global event and a push from the United States of America and the Soviet Union. It shaped a great deal of competition and the spirit of potential warfare and progress between the two countries. Rockets, satellites and astronauts / cosmonauts are all part of this story which is both excellent and intriguing. So this learning resource will help with this engaging topic. For the full available set of Teaching Resources from The Teaching Astrophysicist - Please Click Here This science article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can supplement lessons. It is an article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. I am very proud of this series of science articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of science. Each science article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable). WHY / WHEN TO USE: Useful for substitute (sub) teaching To extend students To increase scientific literacy in your class A weekly reading task Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast To inspire students on a particular topic Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from WHAT'S INCLUDED: 3 page Google doc teacher version with answers 2 page Google doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) 3 page PDF teacher version with answers 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so) OTHER ITEMS YOU MAY ENJOY: The offline version of this article - link here Massive Stars Article #1 - link here Comets Article #2 - link here The Sun Article #3 - link here Planetary Rings Article #4 - link here Asteroids Article #5 - link here Dark Matters Article #6 - link here Space Exploration Article #7 - link here The Great Red Spot Article #8 - link here Black Holes Article #9 - link here The full Astronomy Article bundle - Articles #1 - 10 with a 33% discount - link here Neutron Stars Article #66 - link here Protostars Article #67 - link here Satellites Article #68 - link here Binary Star Systems Article #69 - link here Dwarf Planets Article #70 - link here Redshift & Blueshift Article #71 - link here The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Article #72 - link here Standard Candles Article #73 - link here Parallax Article #74 - link here The Drake Equation Article #75 - link here The full second Astronomy Article bundle - Articles #66 - 75 with a 33% discount - link here The complete 20 article bundle with a whopping 44% discount - link here The Solar System 6 article bundle - link here - with a 20% discount The Cosmological 6 article bundle - link here - with a 20% discount Stellar (Star) 6 article bundle - link here - with a 20% discount More will be coming to cover other subjects and other topics, so please do keep an eye out for more science articles from The Teaching Astrophysicist! If you have any questions, please feel to DM me on instagram @theteachingastrophysicist _______________________________________________ Let's Connect! Be sure to follow my: ★ Blog ★ Instagram ★ Linkedin ★ Pinterest _______________________________________________ Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺
