Wow, 56 years ago, people walked on the moon for the first time! Before that day, no human had ever stood anywhere in the universe except on our own planet Earth. Since our moon is about 240,000 miles away, it took the astronauts 4 days to fly there. That’s quite the trip for a 2 1/2 hour long walk!
Lace up: When spaceships launch, they do a countdown. Can you count down from 5 to 0? How about from 10 to 0?
Jog: If it took 4 days to fly one way to the moon and the same time back, how many days did the astronauts fly in total?
Sprint: Was your teacher already born when the astronauts landed 56 years ago? Find out his/her age!
Hurdle: In what year did this famous journey happen, if it was 56 years ago today?
High Jump: If the Apollo flew exactly 240,000 miles in those 4 days, how many miles per day did it fly?The sky’s the limit — for real: If the rocket that brought the Apollo had flown twice as far the 1st day as the 2nd day, which was twice as far as the distance flown on the 3rd day, which was twice as far as the 4th day, how much of the 240,000 miles did it fly on the 1st day?
Answers:
Lace up: Try counting down from 5, then from 10!
Jog: 8 days of flying.
Sprint: Different for everyone…see if your teacher has lived more or fewer than 56 years!
Hurdle: In 1969.
High Jump: 60,000 miles each day.
