U2/ M1/ S3 - Space Chart Answers Cut-Apart Cards
Workbook p. 33
Explain Main Ideas
Name:
✂ Cut square cards along dashed lines & paste into chart
Topic: how gravity affects space travel
¶ 2–11 (Obstacle)
¶ 12–18 (Living)
Main Idea (¶ 2–11) ✂ cut
The biggest obstacle to space travel is the lack of gravity.
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Main Idea (¶ 12–18) ✂ cut
Scientists conduct experiments to understand how to live without gravity.
Workbook Box 2
Key Detail ✂ cut
Paragraph: ________
Gravity helps us survive by holding things we need to the planet's surface, like our atmosphere and water.
Detail 1
Key Detail ✂ cut
Paragraph: ________
Parabolic flight gives scientists the feeling of what it's like to be in space.
Detail 1
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Paragraph: ________
The pull of gravity is weaker in space than it is on Earth.
Detail 2
Key Detail ✂ cut
Paragraph: ________
NASA uses parabolic flights to run experiments that test equipment astronauts will use in space.
Detail 2
Evidence Checklist: Self-Check
Main idea states the central point of the section.
Both key details give direct text evidence.
Paragraph numbers written on detail lines.
Packing for Mars: Part 1 • Module 1, Session 3
Cut Center Line to Separate
Workbook p. 36
Context Clues & Meanings
Name:
✂ Cut cards & match each clue and meaning to its word
Context Clues Text Clue
Meanings Definition
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“After you'd gone about sixty miles up, you would arrive in space.”
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left Earth and traveled up in the air to space
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“hugely” / “like planets and moons and stars”
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giant, very big
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“...slowly loses” / “from the launch blast”
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movement
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“...up, over, and back down”
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curve
Target Words on Page 36: Check off as you match
launched (¶ 5)
massive (¶ 8)
momentum (¶ 11)
arc (¶ 15)
Packing for Mars: Part 1 • Module 1, Session 3
Packing Mars Exit Ticket
Module 1 • Session 3 | Page 37
Exit Ticket: Paragraph Response
Text: Packing for Mars, Part 1 (Paragraphs 19–24)
Name:
Date:
Directions: Review paragraphs 19–24 in Packing for Mars. Write a few sentences explaining the main ideas and two key details in your own words.
¶ Paragraph Response
Main Idea + Key Detail & Evidence
The main idea of paragraphs 19–24 in Packing for Mars is
One key detail from the text that supports this is
This explains that
Self-Check:
Stated main idea Included key details Used proper capitalizations and end marks
Word Bank:
weightlessness • floating • secure objects • Velcro • walking
