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Students will explore the problem of driving on the Moon.
A scientist’s job is to solve problems.
Driving on the Moon is a problem.
NASA is asking students to think like scientists.
MOONBUGGYRACE
WHAT
http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov/
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Each student team builds a moonbuggy.
It will be in Huntsville, Alabama.
NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race is April 25 - 27. *
The race has 99 student teams this year.
The moonbuggies look like funny bicycles.
25 27-
99
* Watch the race live on NASA TV at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc
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They put the moonbuggy together again.
Each team takes apart its moonbuggy. *
The teams bring their moonbuggies to Alabama.
The two drivers carry the pieces to the starting line.
Then the moonbuggy is ready to race !
!
2
* The moonbuggy parts must fit into a 4’ x 4’ x 4’ box.
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They pedal the moonbuggy on a race track. *
Two students pedal the moonbuggy, like a bicycle.
Driving on the track is like driving on the Moon.
The special NASA track has
rocks,
gravel
and sand.
2
* Built on the grounds of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center
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The vehicle had to move safely across the bumps.
They needed a special vehicle.
Astronauts first drove on the Moon in 1971.
The Moon is bumpy.
NASA scientists designed the lunar rover.
1971
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The astronauts will not pedal that lunar rover.
Astronauts will drive on the Moon again.
Now, America wants to return to the Moon.
NASA will need a new lunar rover.
So, why does NASA have the Great Moonbuggy Race ?
?
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Driving on the Moon has many problems.
Some of these students may be NASA’s future scientists.
It needs scientists to solve problems and build things.
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NASA needs more scientists to help explore space.
Students learn to solve problems in the Great Moonbuggy Race.
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MOONBUGGY TEAM
This year, 99 schools will have teams.
WHO
99
Any college or high school can have a moonbuggy team.
or
They come from India,
and more.
Germany
America,
Canada,
Each team includes six students, plus an adult helper.
6 +http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov/
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NASA times each team.
They wear bicycle helmets for safety.
Two students drive the moonbuggy. *
The drivers pedal the moonbuggy very fast !
The fastest teams win trophies and money.
2
!
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* One female and one male
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HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
Huntsville was started in 1805.
It was Alabama’s first town.
Huntsville is in north - central Alabama.
More than 180,000 people live there.
Huntsville is in the Tennessee River Valley.
WHERE
180,000
1805
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama
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NASA and the U.S. Army build rockets there.
Long ago, the town was famous for making cloth.
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is in Huntsville.
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Now, Huntsville is called “Rocket City.”
After World War II, German scientists moved to Huntsville.
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U.S. SPACE &ROCKET CENTER
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is a space museum.
WHERE
Visitors can see
a lunar rover
a space shuttle,
rockets,
and more.
Did you see the 2012 movie, A Smile as Big as the Moon ? *
?2012
Every year, many students visit the Center’s space camp.
http://rocketcenter.com/
* This TV movie portrays the space camp experiences of a special education class.
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recipe pageBuggy Bites
5. Serve on plates.
6. Eat.
NEED Snack
Serves 10
NEED
2. Spread cream cheese mix onto each bread slice.
3. Put one cucumber slice on top of each bread slice.
4. Lightly sprinkle dill on top of cucumbers.
1. Put cream cheese and dressing mix into bowl. Mix.
1 loaf cocktail bread (any type)
8 oz cream cheese, softened 1 lg cucumber, sliced
bowl knifedill weed spoon 10 paper plates
1 pkg ranch salad dressing mix
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Knock, Knock.
Who’s there ?
Moon.
Moon who ?
Monday
Moon - day follows Sunday.
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train model
students
scientist
rocket
drive
Moon
track
octopus
moonbuggy
team
jersey
race
problem
jockey
pedal
build
Circle the pictures about MOONBUGGY RACE.
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MoonbuggyRace
musicianspolice officersscientists
studentsalienssingers
deliver pizzadrive on Moonmove garbage
beachhighwayMoon
moonbuggiesrobottreehouse
12
3
6
9
GING12
FL.
OZ.
GING
12 FL.OZ.
1. WHAT is this paper about ?
2. WHAT are the students building ?
4. WHY did astronauts need a special vehicle ?
5. WHO is helping scientists solve problems ?
6. WHAT does NASA need more of to help explore space ?
3. WHERE is it bumpy and hard to drive ?
SpecialSoccer Ball
EdibleSchoolyard
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scientists
team
moonbuggy
pedal4
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1
2
3
6
7 Moon
track
race
bicycle
problems
ACROSS DOWN
1 2
3
4
5
6 7
8
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puzzle page
Fill in the grid using the pictures below so that every row, every column and every large box contains the following four items: .
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1. WHY would you like to race a moonbuggy ? Why not ?
2. DESCRIBE what you know about the Moon.
3. WHY would you visit the U.S. Space & Rocket Center ?
?
??
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PRESIDENTS’ RACE
The team plays in Washington, D.C.
Since 2006, every game there also has a special race.
Four mascots race around the Nationals’ stadium.
The mascots look like four U.S. presidents. *
4
4
2006
The Washington Nationals are a Major League Baseball team.
* Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincolnhttp://bleacherreport.com/articles/1502238-william-howard-taft-joins-washington-nationals-
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The Roosevelt mascot was in more than 500 races.
A new mascot will join the race in 2013.
Fans hope Taft is better than Roosevelt.
This mascot looks like President William Howard Taft.
He won only four races !
500
4
2013
!
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Moon
scientist
problem
race
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