Sally Ride: First Female American in Space 5/28

Agenda Review Sally Ride biography Look at Sally Ride quotes and questions End Goal: Did Sally Ride have an important role in natural science knowledge? Agenda

1951-2012 Astronaut Astrophysicist Sally Ride

http://www.biography.com/people/sally- ride-9458284 Biography

What are some interesting/important facts about Sally Ride? Question 1

“I think it is important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have on in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I’m proud to be a role model!” – Sally Ride Who are some of the role models the younger generation? Are they “good” role models? Who SHOULD be our role models? Quote 1

“My parents must have done a great job “My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren’t familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.” – Sally Ride Is the main idea of this quote true for society as a whole? Quote 3

Quote 4 “I had both male and female heroes.” – Sally Ride What makes someone a hero? Think to history and literature – who are some of your heros? Quote 4

“It’s well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they’re in middle school.” – Sally Ride Why would girls want to dumb down? Is this still a problem – middle school and elsewhere? Quote 2

“I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it’s going to be NASA’s help.” –Sally Ride Would you want to travel to space? Is space exploration important? Quote 5