Life Up on the Station: teacher key

Astronauts and Space Travel, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Astronauts live on a space station that goes around Earth. They float, sleep in bags and grow plants there.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does a rocket burn?
   • Fuel (answer)
   • Water
   • Sand
2. Where do astronauts sleep?
   • On a plate
   • In sleeping bags (answer)
   • In a garden
3. What is the garden called?
   • Sunny
   • Rocket
   • Veggie (answer)
4. Could a person outside the station breathe without a spacesuit?
   • Yes
   • Only a little
   • No (answer)
5. How many sunsets do astronauts see each day?
   • 6
   • 16 (answer)
   • 60

Words

• fuel: rocket's burning stuff
• float: drift, not fall
• exercise: work out
• spacesuit: suit for space