The Race to Clean Up Space

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this digital-only lesson featuring content from The Washington Post, students read about how China and Japan are leading the race to clean up space debris. This lesson includes an article and photos as well as comprehension and discussion questions.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
China
Japan
space
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

graveyard orbit
feat
collision
tumble
maneuver
paranoia
nascent
obsolete
transparency
burgeoning
defunct
mitigation
A spinning paper plane