Hopscotch articles from October 2002

Hopscotch archives from October 2002

Space woman on Mir.
October 1, 2002... Education can take you a long way, even into space. Just ask Shannon Lucid, the astronaut who lived on the Mir Space Station for six months. Her goal is to prepare, through training and education, a person to travel to the International Space...

Sleeping in space.
October 1, 2002... Sleeping in Space How awesome it would be Sleeping in zero g, Hanging upside-down, Never touching the ground, Or floating on your side. What a restful ride!

Find these words in the puzzle. The remaining letters spell out the answer to the question.
October 1, 2002... WHEN ALIEN W H E N W N H 0 (DOES A) FROM E C N I E D T U COFFEE OUTER Y S 0 I I N F T CUP ...

Famous firsts for womem astronauts.
October 1, 2002... Discover a few facts about these pioneering women in the space program, including their background and first space flights. For more information, see the list of books and web sites following this article. Roberta Bondar (1945-) was the...

Mars or Jupiter? This program will give your weight on all the planets and even the asteroid EROS!(What Would You Weigh on)
October 1, 2002... When you step on a scale to weigh yourself, the scale reads your weight in pounds or kilograms. However, this is your weight on Earth! What would the scale say you weighed if the scale were on the moon or even, perhaps, Uranus? This short BASIC...

Dining with the astronauts.
October 1, 2002... John Glenn, America's first man to eat anything in tire near-weightless environment of Earth's orbit, found the task of eating fairly easy, but oh, the food! Mercury astronauts had to endure bite-sized cubes, freeze-dried powders, and...

Robot with wings.
October 1, 2002... NASA engineers were called Rocket Scientists in the pioneer days of space exploration. Today, they are called Explorers. Forty-one years have passed since President Eisenhower signed the act creating the National Aeronautics and Space...

M&M collector: micro-meteorite.
October 1, 2002... The sky is falling--really! Thousands of tons of space dust fall toward Earth every day. The majority of it burns up in the atmosphere, never reaching ground. Most pieces that do make it all the way down are smaller than a pin head, hence their...

Girl power: science squad.(The T.A.I.L.S.)
October 1, 2002... Agents of traveling adventurers in Laboratory science, they prepare to embark on their first mission in space in EPISODE 3: Destination: Moon! There is so much to learn by performing scientific experiments on the moon! What an honor...

Eye flashes.(Science)
October 1, 2002... To be an astronaut you need very good eyesight. Try this experiment with your eyes and learn something new. Have you ever rubbed your eyes and seen flashes of light? When this happens, it surprises and puzzles us. But it is just a neat...

A Gerbil's job.
October 1, 2002... Valerie scooched down deep in Mr. Cooper's pocket. How she dreaded this time of day. As Mr. Cooper opened Val's cage, she tiptoed quietly back inside. "Good evening!" Brutus barked enthusiastically. "Hi, Brutus. How was your day?" Val...

A slinky in space.
October 1, 2002... What common toy was sent into space, was used during war, and can pick nuts from a tree? You know it best for creeping down stairs. The Slinky! The Slinky was discovered in the 1940s by Richard James. This scientist was in his basement...

Hidden picture puzzle.
October 1, 2002... purse heart candle envelope (2) tepees (2) flags banana (2) pencils candy cane cup dog boot stamp dime sock toothbrush ice cream cone earthworm shoe bird

Space dive.
October 1, 2002... SPACE DIVE If I could scuba dive in space, I'd travel everywhere, But I would be real careful To not run out of air. I'd pick up lots of starshells Along the Milky Way And visit other galaxies A few,...

Space weight.
October 1, 2002... Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be weightless? Would it feel like a bird soaring through the air or like a balloon bopping along with the wind current? To be totally weightless would mean that gravity is gone. This would be...

Spacecraft wordfind.
October 1, 2002... Look forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally to find the spacecraft, artificial satellites, and space probes listed below. The leftover letters, in order, spell the name of an instrument launched in 1990 that continues to provide scientists...

Shooting star sandwiches.
October 1, 2002... To make four of these "out of this world" sandwiches, you'll need: * 8 slices of bread (Wheat or multi-grain is especially tasty.) * 4 bread-sized slices of your favorite kind of cheese * 1 or 2 carrots, cut into 5-inch strips (prepared in...

Be a NASA astronaut at home.
October 1, 2002... You can experience many of the astronaut foods at home, only under different conditions. DISCOVER YOUR RDA WITH THE FOOD-GUIDE PYRAMID. All astronauts must receive Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) of vitamins and minerals necessary...

Let's get spaced out.
October 1, 2002... Today let's study the solar system and our nine planets. Do you have a method for remembering the order of the planets, beginning with those closest to the sun? One saying that you might remember is this: "My Very Energetic Mother Jumps...

Potsy's pen pal club.
October 1, 2002... Dear Readers, These are the new additions of Hopscotch girls who want to be pen pals. These do not include girls on the previous list. To receive the addresses, simply mail us a self addressed, stamped #10 envelope. We'll send you the...

Pet poems contest winners.
October 1, 2002... 1st Place My Big Brown-eyed Skye by Stephanie Lund, Age 11 Parker, CO Covered with hair from his head To his toes, Birthmark on his tongue and a little Black nose, What goes on in his brain? Well,...

Potsy's post office.
October 1, 2002... Dear Potsy, I really like your magazine. My favorite thing in the magazine is science and Potsy's Pen Pal Club. I have one brother, he is nine years old. I also have a sister who is four years old. My name is Joanna Addo and I'm 12 years...