BiographyPAIREDREADMelinaShowsHerMettleSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverNASA.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyGreekandLatinRootsVocabularycommunicate,essential,goal,motivate,professional,research,serious,specialistContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordcount:1,167**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118814-7MHID:0-02-118814-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ASparkIsIgnited....................2Chapter2HeDidIt!.............................7Chapter3RoleModel..........................12RespondtoReading.................15MelinaShowsHerMettle....16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20EssentialQuestionWhyaregoalsimportant?Chapter1ASparkIsIgnitedASparkIsIgnitedWhenFranklinChangDíazwasseven,hismothertoldhimtheSovietUnionhadputthefirstsatelliteintospace.Franklinrushedoutsideandclimbedatree.Hegazedupintothenightsky.Hehopedtospotalightfromthesatelliteasitpassedby.Itwasthebeginningofawholenewworld—theworldofspaceexploration.Thatnight,Franklindecidedtobecomeanastronaut.AscientistworksonSputnik1,thefirstsatelliteinspace.2spacephotos.com/AgeFotostockFranklinwasborninCostaRicain1950.HismotherwasCostaRicanandhisfatherwasChineseCostaRican.WhenFranklinwasyoung,thefamilymovedtoVenezuela.Later,theymovedbacktoCostaRicabecausetheschoolswerebetter.Franklin’schildhoodgamesrevolvedaroundspaceexploration.Heandhiscousinsturnedboxesintospaceships.Theytookimaginaryflights,anddiscoverednewpl...
