Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon

In July of 1969, the United States launched Apollo 11 with the specific goal of putting the first man on the Moon. This event marked the success of the vision and initiative of President Kennedy as a dramatic response to the USSR's previous leadership in space exploration.

The crew of the Apollo 11 included Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. After separation from the Apollo 11 rocket and a journey of four days, the Columbia spacecraft orbited the moon. While on the far side, Columbia launched the lunar module, Eagle, that began its descent to the surface of the moon.

Neil Armstrong landed the Eagle on Tranquility Base. Six and a half hours after landing, Armstrong made his descent to the moon surface and made the famous statement: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

After 21 hours and 36 minutes, Eagle fired its ascent engines and rendezvoused with the Columbia for the return flight. The astronauts returned to earth on July 24, welcomed as heroes.

Since that time, no other human has landed on the moon or other extraterrestrial body.

ProQuest has created a model BookCart to use with your students to learn more about this topic--"Why Space Exploration?"

This BookCart includes examples of essential questions that will motivate your students to examine the topic in depth, and use critical thinking to learn more about this fascinating world of space exploration and how it benefits us in everyday life. To copy this BookCart to My Local Carts collection:

• Logon to the eLibrary Science Teacher Edition
• Click BookCart Admin link.
• Click ProQuest Carts to access the ProQuest collection.
• Type "Why Space Exploration?" in the Search box.
• Click the Copy icon (2nd icon) to the right of the title and then OK.
• Return to My Local Carts.
• Look for your new BookCart with the preface "Copy of" in its title.

You will want to edit your new BookCart for your students to use:

• Click the title of your new BookCart to open it for editing.
• Delete "Copy of" from the title, then type your name in the Author boxes and your email.
• Replace existing student directions in the Description box and type in your own.
• Scroll down and click Save.
• Return to My Local Carts.
• Note: Students will be able to open this BookCart by clicking the BookCart tab on the search page.

Assign students to complete a report of at least 150 words or a presentation of at least two minutes and seven slides that cites at least three resources and addresses the following essential questions for critical thinking (you can add to or substitute your own):

• What are the long-term benefits of space exploration to our nation and the world?
• How does the science developed for space exploration benefit us directly in everyday life?
• How does the ISS and international cooperation in space benefit the U.S.?

Type "space exploration" in the Search box > type "space" in the Document Title box of Advanced Search

Use our custom ProQuest models for written and PowerPoint-style reports.

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