Unit 3

What Does It Mean to Explore?

Vocabulary Word Wall

Space Junk

Add the following new words that you encountered in the reading selection:


  1. satellite
  2. rocket
  3. space shuttle

Add any other scientific words that you encountered while reading the selection Space Junk on pages 130 and 131 of Literacy in Action.

For these words, search for an image/picture, write a definition, and use the word in a sentence.

Websites and Skill Builder

Click each coloured tab to view instructions to Open Your File and to view information about the Websites and Skill Builder for this activity.

Open

Open Your File

Go to your Documents folder and open your Unit 3 Vocabulary Word Wall that you have saved there.
Websites

Websites

You can use the Online Dictionary to check words or spelling.

The NASA Picture Dictionary may be helpful when you are looking for an image to support a word.
Skill Builder

Skill Builder

To find images for your Vocabulary Word Wall, click Skill Builder, then view Searches - How To Search the Internet for Images.

Save

How to save the file:

  1. Have the file open and select Save from the File menu.
  2. Save your work, when done, again to your Documents folder.
The Vocabulary Word Wall is not for marks.