Since 1981, space shuttles have flown almost 100 missions. Each shuttle mission takes thousands of pictures. Students can use Harcourt School's View from space , to select three areas and determine what pictures from the shuttle have helped scientists learn about those areas. Challenge Students can analyze the Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour and Atlantis missions and create a chart of the benefits and drawbacks of each. Students should make predictions based on the information they gather about what will happen in the future of the Space Transportation System.
Students can present their information to the class.
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