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January 22 reading ideas
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Step into Roberta Bondar’s science lab in space, see how tiny dots can form an image, and investigate what makes hot sauce taste hot.
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The space shuttle mission STS-42 launched on January 22, 1992, with Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar aboard. Read astronaut biographies and a space-travel overview, then compare the training or challenges each text highlights.
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Explain how microgravity changes what scientists can study.
Read passageExplain how key events shaped their work.
Read passageExplain how key events shaped their work.
Read passageExplain how key events shaped their work.
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Explore a related art technique: pointillism uses tiny dots to create pictures, although the passage does not cover polka-dot patterns.
Explain how artists use small dots to make an image.
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This informal January 22 observance provides a connection to food science. Read how peppers, capsaicin, and different ingredients contribute to hot sauce, then explain a cause-and-effect relationship from the text.
Explore the science of hot sauce and explain how its ingredients affect flavor and heat.
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Explain one question scientists can study in microgravity. Then use small dots to build a simple shape and compare how it looks from near and far. In the hot-sauce passage, find a detail that explains how an ingredient affects the flavor or heat.
