On this day in history, NASA was created.
Happy birthday, NASA! Not only are you an important part of fifth grade science (and history, as far as I'm concerned), but you are a part of what makes America a great nation.
As I told the kids during the past year as we studied it, my Uncle Jimmy on my Grandpa's side (Yes, his name was "Jimmy Carter", but he wasn't that Jimmy Carter) was an engineer for NASA. Up to a certain point in my life, I was convinced that I would one day be an astronaut. That is, until everybody started telling me that astronauts would have to know a lot of math, and by the point I decided to focus in on math, it was too late.
But the fifth grade me? Yeah, he was going to go into outer space. So a little part of me will always be attached to NASA and the space program, even if it's only through heredity.
It's in my blood.
Happy birthday, NASA! Not only are you an important part of fifth grade science (and history, as far as I'm concerned), but you are a part of what makes America a great nation.
As I told the kids during the past year as we studied it, my Uncle Jimmy on my Grandpa's side (Yes, his name was "Jimmy Carter", but he wasn't that Jimmy Carter) was an engineer for NASA. Up to a certain point in my life, I was convinced that I would one day be an astronaut. That is, until everybody started telling me that astronauts would have to know a lot of math, and by the point I decided to focus in on math, it was too late.
But the fifth grade me? Yeah, he was going to go into outer space. So a little part of me will always be attached to NASA and the space program, even if it's only through heredity.
It's in my blood.
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That's so awesome! Thanks for sharing--I will definitely pass that along to my students in the future.
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