At-Home Activities

Search the Internet for information about Canadian contributions to the study of space. Watch the Space Channel or Discovery Channel for current space events.

Explore the forces on flying objects (lift, drag, thrust, gravity) using paper or model airplanes.

On a clear night, search the sky to identify orbiting satellites.

Imagine you are riding on a train that is travelling at a constant speed between stations. If you drop a coin, will it fall straight down and land exactly below your hand? If the train is accelerating out of a station and you drop a coin, where will it land?

Identify objects around your home that have been developed or made popular as a consequence of the space program (e.g., NASA's space pen, Velcro).

Conduct the Try This activity (page 508) at home with family members.

Discuss the issue presented on page 511 with family members and friends to learn differing viewpoints on space exploration.

The Chapter Review (pp. 512-513) in your textbook lists all the Key Expectations you have covered in the chapter and identifies the specific lessons in which the knowledge and skills have been developed.

You can use the Key Expectations list to help you create a personal study guide in preparation for an end-of-chapter test:

1. Copy down the list of learning expectations from your textbook.
2. For each learning expectation, locate the appropriate lesson(s) in the unit where the expectation was covered. These are identified in parentheses at the end of each expectation (e.g., 16.2).
3. Flip to the appropriate lesson(s) for each expectation and make study notes of the key ideas or skills you learned.