Online les V2 week 40 stepping stones NASA

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome class V2A

Today's lesson goals:

At the end of class:

- you know more about NASA

- you know how to scan a reading text for answers to questions

- you know new words related to aeronautics (= luchtvaart).

What do you already
know about NASA?

00:46

Who is Hilary Swank?

1. An astronaut
2. An actor who plays an astronaut
3. The director of NASA
4. An athlete

01:22

Who is Hilary Swank speaking to here?

1. To a female astronaut who is in space now
2. To the director of NASA
3. To a scientist at the NASA office
4. To her sister

02:37

What did Jessica Meir do on her spacewalks?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)

What's the Dutch translation of 'space shuttle'?

Other space agencies

NASA is not the only space agency on earth. 

In the picture you see an astronaut from another country. 

Which country, do you think?

The country asked is:

Look at the email on p. 23 in your Text book. Who wrote this email, do you think?

Skimming = 

only looking at the title, photo's and other basic information in the text (words atthe bottom, writer etc.)

Scanning = 

Looking for specific answers to the questions.

Look for words that appear in the question as well as the text.

Exercise 5 work book (p. 30)

- Read the email on page 23 in your Text book 

- Answer the questions of exercise 5, p. 30 work book (scanning)

Exercise 5, question 1: What does NASA stand for?

Exercise 5, question 2: What happened with NASA in 1958?

Exercise 5, question 3: What can you find in Washington DC?

Exercise 5, question 4: Where can you find the Kennedy Space Center?

Exercise 5, question 5: Which invention dates from the 1960s?

Exercise 5, question 6: When was the super soaker introduced in toy stores?

Exercise 6 work book (p. 30)

- Read the email again on p. 23 Text book 

- Answer the questions of exercise 6, p. 30 work book (scanning)

- True or False?

Exercise 6, question 1: Max Collis is one of Lisa's teachers

1. True
2. False

Exercise 6, question 2: Lisa has to talk to her class about NASA projects

1. True
2. False

Exercise 6, question 3: Camera phones were invented in the late 1980s

1. True
2. False

Exercise 6, question 4: safety grooves have made landing a plane safer

1. True
2. False

Exercise 6, question 5: Safety grooves are used only on runways

1. True
2. False

Exercise 6, question 6: A NASA employee invented the super soaker by accident

1. True
2. False

What did you learn
this class?

Homework:

study the rest of the irregular verbs on p. 163 text book 

(until 'to write- wrote - written)

Do you have any
questions or remarks?

That's it for now!

See you in class

Exercise 7 work book: what would you like to invent if you were a NASA engineer?