This category lists pages and sites about the American teacher/astronaut, Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (1948-1986). Born in Boston, Massachusetts she was selected from over 11,000 applicants from the education profession as the first teacher in space.
All sites listed here are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment and/or for schoolwork.
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Biography of the teacher astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion.
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Brief biography from Fact Monster.
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McAuliffe was the first civilian and teacher aboard the space shuttle missions. There are videos of experimentss she had planned to conduct (completed in later missions) for kids in grades K-8, about effervescense, liquids in microgravity, chromatography, and Newton's Laws.
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]
Encyclopedia article about the life of the American chosen to be the first teacher in space.
[ Kids/Teens ]
Biography of the teacher astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion.
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]
McAuliffe was the first civilian and teacher aboard the space shuttle missions. There are videos of experimentss she had planned to conduct (completed in later missions) for kids in grades K-8, about effervescense, liquids in microgravity, chromatography, and Newton's Laws.
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]
Encyclopedia article about the life of the American chosen to be the first teacher in space.
[ Kids ]
Brief biography from Fact Monster.
