Responses to the DVD For All Mankind (grade 8)

I asked my students to respond to the final statement in the DVD For All Mankind, where an Apollo astronaut states, 'this is real, not abstract, the stars are our home" (At the conclusion of the moon missions and the achievements of the Apollo astronauts and scientists back on Earth)


The stars are our home because the Earth is like a room in a massive mansion that is space. Ethan

They (the astronauts who went to the moon) have seen the moon and it was not a dream for them, it was reality. Amelia 

Mankind has sent real people to the moon and back, seeing this it all becomes real for it is and not just something we hear about. Macaela 

The universe can't be abstract because we interact is part of the universe, this experience is very real. Aidan 

The Earth is like a flower in a meadow with countless other flowers. We are millions of atoms that make up that flower. Julia 

That white ball up there is not just some random floating thing but a celestial body that humans have visited and at some point in time, could on a regular basis. Maggie