This is a fascinating piece of video to introduce the science involved in putting people into space. Imagine riding a Space Shuttle Booster Rocket from launch until splashdown. No matter what your age, though it might be a little long for the youngest students, it's a pretty interesting piece of video!
The article where I found this on a website called io9.
Space Shuttle facts on the NASA website!
Length
Space Shuttle: 184 feet
Orbiter: 122 feet
Height
Orbiter on runway: 57 feet
Wingspan
78 feet
Liftoff Weight*
4.5 million pounds
Orbit
115 to 400 statute miles
Velocity: 17,321 mph
The speed of sound
768 MPH. The highest speed shown in the speedometer is over 2955 MPH (3.8 times the speed of sound). The orbit velocity is 22.5 times the speed of sound!
Other related links;
NASA for Students! (USA grade levels K-4, 5-8, 9-12, higher education).
Hubble Space Telescope Page on NASA website.
Earth's Atmosphere on Wikipedia (yeah, wikipedia is bad, I know ;))
You can bring space into your classroom! How would you do it? Use the comments to leave us some lesson ideas!
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