BiographyPAIREDREADMelinaShowsHerMettleSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverNASA.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyGreekandLatinRootsVocabularycommunicate,essential,goal,motivate,professional,researchserious,specialistContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordcount:1,577**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118905-2MHID:0-02-118905-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110EssentialQuestionWhyaregoalsimportant?PAIREDREADChapter1ASparkIsIgnited...........................2Chapter2HeDidIt!...................................7Chapter3RoleModel.................................12RespondtoReading........................15MelinaShowsHerMettle..........16Glossary/Index..............................19FocusonScience...................20Chapter1ASparkIsIgnitedASparkIsIgnitedAscientistworksonSputnik1,thefirstsatelliteinspace.WhenFranklinChangDíazwasjustsevenyearsold,hismothergavehimsomeinformationthatwouldchangehislife.ShesaidthattheSovietUnionhadlaunchedSputnik1intospace.Itwastheworld’sfirstartificialsatellite.Franklinrushedoutsideandclimbedatree.Hegazedeagerlyupintothenightsky,hopingtocatchaglimpseoflightfromthesatelliteasitpassedby.Itwasthebeginningofawholenewworld—theworldofspaceexploration.Thatnight,Franklindecidedtobecomeanastronaut.2spacephotos.com/AgeFotostockFranklinChangDíazwasborninCostaRicain1950.HismotherwasCostaRicanandhisfatherwasChineseCostaRican.WhenFranklinwasyoung,thefamilymovedtoVenezuela,wherehisfatherworkedintheoili...
