This set was created to be paired with a visit to Steven F. Udar-Hazy Center where the Space Shuttle Discovery is housed.  Begin with a tour of the Space Shuttle.  Then use the exhibit cases in the museum alongside this set of resources to learn about humans in space, space science and the design features of the shuttle. Use this set to support inquiry based learning where students learn from their own curiosity and wonders.  

This is a model of how you can use Guided Inquiry Design to create units of inquiry and research for your students.  Here we First, introduce the idea of a shuttle to OPEN the unit. Then, we IMMERSE students in an anchor experience.  This time we take in a field trip or tour of the museum to learn specifically about the space shuttle DISCOVERY. Next, we  provide time and resources for students to browse in the Explore phase to think about what they want to know more about.  Once they have IDENTIFIED their own area of interest and curiosity, let them Gather more information from this set and beyond. They then CREATE and SHARE what they learned with others. Finally they reflect on what hey learned and how they learned (what helped them to learn) in the EVALUATE phase.  Inquiry learning is fun and can help you engage students in self directed research to learn about the content in your state and local standards/curriculum.  It's a great way to learn!