ACTIVITIES

The following activities are seggested for teching the vocabulary explain in this blog:

1) The class is divided in two teams, members of the teams will go to board and make a draw representing a word related to Space and Technology, every member of both teams can guess the words, the teams that guesses the more words wins.

The words are: Astronaut, Anchor, Rocket, Orbit, Spacecraft, Space Shuttle, Ferry.

2) The class is divided in two teams; every team chooses a representative who will go to the front of the class. The two representatives are given a set of unknown words; their mission is to give them clues using the body language to guess what the unknown word is. No oral or written language will be allowed, the only thing that they can do to help their team partners is to write on the board the first and last letter of the word and the spaces between them.

Words: : Astronaut, payload, Space Station, Orbit, Spaceflight, Debris.

Example:

It is a person who travels to space, it is very smart can repair satellites on space.

A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ T

3) Find nine word for spacecrafts.

4) Complete with the parts of the space shuttle and satellite.

Solar panel – Solid rocket booster – Orbiter – Antenna – Propulsion system – Payload – Conical nose

5) The class is devided in two teams. members of the teams chose a piece of paper with an incognit word. Then in order they have to go to the front of the class and mimic the word or concept so all the class can guess. The team that guessess the most words wins.

Spaceflight, Flip, Commentator, Spacewalks, Weightless, Hoist.

6) Fill in the gaps with the words of the chart:

Reusable- Space platform- Space warship- crew- Satellites- cannot

a) A space battleship is a ________________________________in science fiction which functions similarly to a contemporary battleship.

b) UFO is any apparent flying object which _______________________be identified by the observer and which remains unidentified after investigation.

c) _________________________are used to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecrafts, to serve as a base for astronomical observations etc.

d) Space probe is a space vehicle carrying no_________________________. It is placed in more or less permanent orbit around the Herat.

e) Space shuttle is a vehicle in which people travel into space and, it is______________________________.

f) ________________________________are used for such diverse purposes as weather forecasting, television broadcast, amateur radio communications, Internet communications, and the Global Positioning System, (GPS).

7) Create 2 different Sentences using the following collocation:

Space cadet

a)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Breathing space

a)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Waste of space

a)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Watch this space

a)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Space Elevator vocabulary

1. Cargo: the goods carried by a ship, aircraft or other large vehicle

2. Carbon nanotubes: a fullerene molecule having a cylindirical shape

3. Geosynchronous orbit: a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours

4. Inertia: the physical force that keeps something in the same position or moving in the same direction

5. Launch: to send something out, such as a new ship into water or a rocket into space.

6. Orbit: the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.

7. Payload: the amount of explosive that a missile carries, or the equipment carried in a spacecraft.

8. Ribbon: a long narrow strip of material used to tie things together or as a decoration

9. Rocket propulsion: reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion

10. Rocket fuels: an explosive charge that propels a rocket

11. Tensile: the tensile strength of a material such as wire, rope or stone is its ability to support a load without breaking.

12. Tether: a rope or chain used to tie especially an animal to a post or other fixed place, usually so that it can move freely within a small area

13. Space: the area beyond the atmosphere (= air) of the Earth.

Space Elevator

Space Elevator

This term most often refers to a structure that reachs from the surface of the Earth to geosynchronous orbit (and beyond). The concept of a structure reaching to geosynchronous orbit was first conceived by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who proposed a compression structure, or "Tsiolkovsky tower." Most recent discussions focus on tensile structures or tether reaching from geosynchrous orbit to the ground. Space elevators have also sometimes been referred to as beanstalks, space bridges, space lifts, space ladders, skyhooks or orbital towers.

The most common proposal is a tether, usually in the form of a cable or ribbon, spanning from the surface near the equator to a point beyond geosynchronous orbit. As the planet rotates, the inertia at the end of the tether counteracts gravity, and also keeps the cable taut. Vehicles can then climb the tether and get in orbit without the use of rocket propulsion. Such a structure could theoretically permit delivery of cargo and people to orbit at a fraction of the cost of launching a payload into orbit, and without the substantial environmental harm caused by some rocket fuels.

Recent proposals for a space elevator are notable in their plans to incorporate carbon nanotubes into the tether design, thus providing a link between space exploration and nanotechnology.

Actual cable-scale technology is currently inadequate to build space elevators, but research is ongoing, and some people believe that technology to do this may soon exist.

Spacecraft Vocabulary

Satellite parts:

Solar panel

Antenna

Payload

Space Shuttle parts:

Solid rocket booster

Orbiter

Propulsion system

Conical Nose

Space Probe Part:

Telemeter

Space Station:

Sleep compartment

Workshop

Idioms Related with Space and Technology

•Space cadet: someone who behaves strangely

I wouldn't trust him with the children - he's a real space cadet.

•Breathing space:

1. Room in which to breathe.

In that crowded hall, there was hardly any breathing space.

2. A rest or pause.

I can't work at this all day; I need some breathing space.

•Waste of space: a useless person

Her husband is a complete waste of space.

•Watch this space: If someone says this; they mean that there will very soon be an exciting change in their situation.

I have plans for my career. Watch this space.

Spacecrafts

Space Battleships and Battlecruisers

A space battleship is a space warship in science fiction which

functions similarly to a contemporary battleship. It usually

transport pilot fighters as well as heavy defensive and

offensive armament. These ships often lead fleets or

battlegroups comprised of manysmaller and specialized

spacecraft.

Unidentifed Flying Object (UFOs)

An unidentified flying object, or UFO, is any apparent flying object

which cannot be identified by the observer and which remains

unidentified after investigation. The term flying saucer is also

sometimes used.

Space Rocket

NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation

System (STS), is the spacecraft currently used by the United

States government for its human spaceflights missions.

Space Platform

It is an artificial earth satellite, usually manned, that is placed in a

fixed orbit that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble

or service satellites, refuel spacecrafts, to serve as a base for

astronomical observations etc.

Space Probe

It is a space vehicle carrying sophisticated instrumentation but no

crew, designed to explore various aspects of the Solar system.

Unlike an artificial satellite, which is placed in more or less

permanent orbit around the earth, a space probe is launched with

enough energy to escape the gravitational field of the earth and

navigate among the planets.

Space Shuttle

It is a vehicle in which people travel into space and, it is reusable, it

touches down on a landingstrip after an orbital mission sometimes

carrying a satellite or other equipment into orbit

Satellite

It is a specialized receiver/transmitterthat is launched by a rocket

and placed in orbit around the earth. There are hundreds of

satellites currently in operation. They are used for such diverse

purposes as weather forecasting, television broadcast, amateur

radio communications, Internet communications, and the Global

Positioning System, (GPS).

Space Station

It is a vehicle designed to be occupied by a crew for extended periods

of time, outside the atmosphere, doing scientific tests.

INTRODUCTION

We live in a place that we don’t even know, we barely know our neighbourhood, we have know idea if there is someone else living next to us, When was our home built? No idea. The universe is so immense and we live in one of the smallest planets. That’s why scientists have sent out different kinds of satellites and spaceships into the space to find more information about the planets and to find out if there is somewhere with a bit of life. So far we have found life on the Earth and water in Mars. But who knows, maybe are neighbours are just waiting for us to go and knock their door.