Duluth Children's Museum

The museum had a great group of first graders from Carlton in today. They learned about the International Space Station (some of them heard about it for the first time!) . They then designed air rockets, launched them and tried to improve on their designs. Many of them decided that adding more fins would surely make the rocket fly farther, which I think we figured out wasn't always quite true.

Here are the questions the first graders had for the astronauts. Some of these we can probably answer down here on Earth, but there might be a couple of worthwhile ones in here too.

What do you think? Which question do  you like?

How long have you been in space?

What makes gravity?

Why did you go?

What happens if the ship breaks down?

How long does it take to go up there?

How far are you from the Earth?

How warm is it in space?

How cold is it in space?

How old is it?

How fast does it move around the Earth?

How much time does it take to go around the Earth?

What is your favorite thing to do?

How tall is the space station?

What is your favorite color?

What happens if you stay up in space too long?

How big is the rocket that takes you to the station?

How do you get water?

What do you eat?

Where do you get food from?