1. Space in Your Daily Life

2. Warm-Up Questions CPS Questions (1-2)
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3. Lesson Overview How people use satellites every day
The uses of a global positioning system
How NASA shares its inventions with the private sector
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4. (Note to teacher: Use “Pick a Student” button in CPS)
Quick Write
Think of a space-related technology that you use every day, and describe what your life would be like without it.
(Note to teacher: Use “Pick a Student” button in CPS)
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5. How People Use Satellites Every Day
Satellite cell phone - a mobile telephone that connects to a network of
satellites, rather than
one of land-based cell
towers
Cost much more than
ordinary cell phones
Play a crucial role in
disaster relief work and in helping explorers keep in touch
Courtesy of US Air Force/Senior Master Sgt. Edward E. Snyder
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6. The Use of Satellite Images During Evening Weather Reports
Build extensive weather maps of the whole planet
Continuously monitors the weather of about 90 percent of the planet
Working on a system for forecasting ocean weather
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7. The Use of Direct-Broadcast Satellites
Direct-broadcast satellite service (DBS) - broadcasts sent via satellite directly to consumers
Satellite subscribers get programs directly from high-powered telecommunications satellites in geosynchronous orbit
One of the more successful commercial uses of satellite communications
© foto.fritz/Shutter Stock, Inc..
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8. The Uses of a Global Positioning System
Today’s GPS consists of three parts: a constellation of satellites, the ground stations that control the satellites, and then countless individual GPS devices
Measures distance by measuring time
Communicates with typically at least four satellites at a time, pinpoints location more precisely
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9. How Internet Mapping Programs Use GPS Images
All the “pings” back and forth between satellites and GPS devices are in a very specialized language
Data turned into familiar imagery such as road maps or street maps
Allows amateur photographers to “tag” their digital images
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10. How People Use GPS Technology While Driving
People have gotten used to having GPS in their cars
Many mobile phones also
include a GPS function
Some new technologies
that come with a GPS
function prevent risky behavior
Courtesy of Garmin International Inc.
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11. How NASA Shares Its Inventions With the Private Sector
Making connections and
getting technologies to the
public is a primary goal of NASA’s Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP)
IPP seeks solutions to technical challenges by funding small-business research
Courtesy of Richard and Cindy Krauss.
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12. How the NASA Publication Spinoff Contributes to Technology Transfer
Spinoff has highlighted the transfer of NASA technology to the private sector
Goes to elected officials, corporate executives, scholars, and specialists in technology transfer, as well as to the public and the press
Published nearly 2,000 stories of technology-transfer success
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13. How NASA’s Direct Research Has Benefited Society
Dramatic space missions may get more attention
Return on investment for society from NASA is significant
Transformative effects of the space economy
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14. How Products Developed for NASA Have Benefited Society
Improved people’s quality of life as well as their economic growth
Have worldwide applications
Have contributed more than half a trillion dollars in wealth to the world economy
©Martin Cameron/Alamy Images
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15. Learning Check CPS Questions (3-4)
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16. Activity 1: Review Relay
Work with your team to play this review relay game
Your team will be the winner if you complete the worksheet first!
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17. Activity 2: Return on Investment
Your textbook states “the return on investment for society from NASA is significant”
In your groups, discuss “return on investment” (or ROI) and answer the questions
Be prepared to share your thoughts
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18. Activity 3: Spinoff in Ten Years
It is ten years from today and you are a team of writers
You have been contracted by NASA to write the front-page article for the next publication of Spinoff
Work together to come up with the featured product that NASA technology has transferred to the private sector and how the private sector will use this technology
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19. Technology Enrichment: High-Tech Scavenger Hunt
Use the Internet to learn more about high-tech scavenger hunts and see how GPS technology and Internet mapping software are used for geocaching (pronounced “geo-cash-ing”)
Record the website where you find an answer for each question
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20. Review
Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, satellites have transformed the way the world communicates.
The US Department of Defense originally developed GPS (Global Positioning System) technology and it is now widely used by civilians.
The space program fosters the invention of new devices and technologies.
The economic effect of NASA’s technology has been enormous all over the world.
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21. Review Questions CPS Questions (5-6)
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22. Summary How people use satellites every day
The uses of a global positioning system
How NASA shares its inventions with the private sector
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23. The End Done – Space in Your Daily Life
Congratulations on completing this course!
We hope the course has benefited you in a positive way – you could very well be a future astronaut, NASA scientist or engineer, or have some other illustrious career within NASA or another area within the aerospace industry
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