news-2-you Volume XV, Edition 33 n2y.com WHAT MOONBUGGY RACE Driving on the Moon is a problem. A scientist s job is to solve problems. NASA is asking students to think like scientists. Students will explore the problem of driving on the Moon. http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov/ page 1
news page NASA s Great Moonbuggy Race is April 25-27. * 25-27 It will be in Huntsville, Alabama. The race has 99 student teams this year. 99 Each student team builds a moonbuggy. The moonbuggies look like funny bicycles. * Watch the race live on NASA TV at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc page 2
news page The teams bring their moonbuggies to Alabama. Each team takes apart its moonbuggy. * The two drivers carry the pieces to the starting line. 2 They put the moonbuggy together again. Then the moonbuggy is ready to race!! * The moonbuggy parts must fit into a 4 x 4 x 4 box. page 3
news page Two students pedal the moonbuggy, like a bicycle. 2 They pedal the moonbuggy on a race track. * rocks, The special NASA track has gravel and sand. Driving on the track is like driving on the Moon. * Built on the grounds of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center page 4
news page Astronauts first drove on the Moon in 1971. 1971 They needed a special vehicle. The Moon is bumpy. The vehicle had to move safely across the bumps. NASA scientists designed the lunar rover. page 5
news page Now, America wants to return to the Moon. Astronauts will drive on the Moon again. NASA will need a new lunar rover. The astronauts will not pedal that lunar rover. So, why does NASA have the Great Moonbuggy Race?? page 6
news page NASA needs more scientists to help explore space. It needs scientists to solve problems and build things. + Driving on the Moon has many problems. Students learn to solve problems in the Great Moonbuggy Race. Some of these students may be NASA s future scientists. page 7
people in the news WHO MOONBUGGY TEAM Any college or high school can have a moonbuggy team. or This year, 99 schools will have teams. 99 America, Canada, They come from India, Germany and more. Each team includes six students, plus an adult helper. 6 + http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov/ page 8
people in the news Two students drive the moonbuggy. * 2 They wear bicycle helmets for safety. The drivers pedal the moonbuggy very fast!! NASA times each team. The fastest teams win trophies and money. + * One female and one male page 9
places in the news WHERE HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA Huntsville was started in 1805. 1805 It was Alabama s first town. Huntsville is in north - central Alabama. More than 180,000 people live there. 180,000 Huntsville is in the Tennessee River Valley. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/huntsville,_alabama page 10
places in the news Long ago, the town was famous for making cloth. After World War II, German scientists moved to Huntsville. Now, Huntsville is called Rocket City. NASA and the U.S. Army build rockets there. + The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is in Huntsville. page 11
places in the news WHERE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is a space museum. rockets, Visitors can see a space shuttle, a lunar rover and more. Every year, many students visit the Center s space camp. Did you see the 2012 movie, A Smile as Big as the Moon? * 2012? * This TV movie portrays the space camp experiences of a special education class. http://rocketcenter.com/ page 12
recipe page NEED Buggy Bites Snack Serves 10 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1 pkg ranch salad dressing mix 1 loaf cocktail bread (any type) 1 lg cucumber, sliced dill weed bowl knife spoon 10 paper plates 1. Put cream cheese and dressing mix into bowl. Mix. 2. Spread cream cheese mix onto each bread slice. 3. Put one cucumber slice on top of each bread slice. 4. Lightly sprinkle dill on top of cucumbers. 5. Serve on plates. 6. Eat. page 13
joke page Knock, Knock. Who s there? Moon. Moon who? Moon - day follows Sunday. - Monday page 14
game page Circle the pictures about MOONBUGGY RACE. train model moonbuggy drive problem team Moon students jockey scientist track jersey pedal rocket octopus race build page 15
12 FL.OZ. 12 FL.OZ. GING 9 12 6 3 review page 1. WHAT is this paper about? Special Soccer Ball Moonbuggy Race Edible Schoolyard 2. WHAT are the students building? treehouse robot moonbuggies 3. WHERE is it bumpy and hard to drive? Moon highway beach 4. WHY did astronauts need a special vehicle? move garbage drive on Moon deliver pizza GING 5. WHO is helping scientists solve problems? singers aliens students 6. WHAT does NASA need more of to help explore space? scientists police officers musicians page 16
puzzle page ACROSS DOWN 4 pedal 1 problems 5 moonbuggy 2 bicycle 6 team 3 race 8 scientists 6 track 7 Moon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 page 17
sudoku page Fill in the grid using the pictures below so that every row, every column and every large box contains the following four items:. page 18
think page 1. WHY would you like to race a moonbuggy? Why not??? 2. DESCRIBE what you know about the Moon. 3. WHY would you visit the U.S. Space & Rocket Center?? page 19
sports page PRESIDENTS RACE The Washington Nationals are a Major League Baseball team. The team plays in Washington, D.C. Since 2006, every game there also has a special race. 2006 Four mascots race around the Nationals stadium. 4 The mascots look like four U.S. presidents. * 4 * Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1502238-william-howard-taft-joins-washington-nationalspresidents-race page 20
sports page A new mascot will join the race in 2013. 2013 This mascot looks like President William Howard Taft. Fans hope Taft is better than Roosevelt. The Roosevelt mascot was in more than 500 races. 500 He won only four races! 4! page 21
words page Moon problem scientist race page 22