Project Gemini (5th only)

To start:

1. Gather your spiral and pencil.
2. Write the title on the top line.
3. Write your name and date in top right corner.


Directions: 

1. Read the card and study the picture.
2. Write three facts after reading the card.
3. Write three observations from the picture on the front of the card. 
4. Learn about Project Gemini:

• http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-gemini-program-58.html
• http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gemini/index.html
• http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini.htm
• http://www.space.com/29549-how-nasa-gemini-spacecraft-worked-infographic.html
• http://www.space.com/24655-project-gemini.html

5. Use the sites above, answer the following questions:

• Who were the astronauts who flew in the Gemini missions?
• What was the purpose of Project Gemini?
• What was the time period of the Gemini Project?
• Write 3 additional facts you learned.

7. Learn about the Gemini Capsules 

• http://history.nasa.gov/diagrams/gemini.html
• Draw a diagram of the Gemini capsule. Title and label.

8. Make a model of your own!

• Printout of Model of Gemini Capsule:  http://jleslie48.com/tontitanIII/gemini_i.html