1. Television and Space Exploration EQ: How did television and space exploration impact America?

2. TV Rules! Television started to make a impact in America in the 1950s. 1950- 10% of Americans owned TVs 1960-90% of Americans owned TVs 2013- 99% of Americans own TVS

3. Impact on America! Before TV- News was received from newspapers and radio. People went to the movies for entertainment. After TV Americans receive news from all of the world instantly, as the are even happening. Instead of movie theaters, Americans watch TV

4. Space Exploration Space….the new frontier!!!!!

5. Why was space exploration important? Space exploration was important because it gave America a chance to show off all of our great science talents and that we were connected to everyone! America was very competative with Russia and wanted to beat them at everything!

6. Space Exploration Time Line DateEvent 1957 April, 1961 1961 1969 Russia launched the first satellite Russia sent the 1 st man into space. Alan Shepard was the 1 st American in space/ many more times in space. Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong was the 1 st man to walk on the moon.

7. Space Explorations Benefits Satellites brought great advances in communication, navigation and weather forecasting Space research led to many useful products ▫Smoke detectors ▫Invisible braces ▫Cordless tools ▫Video game controllers