Greenhills Read Aloud: Hidden Figures

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This read-aloud of the book, Hidden Figures, will guide an interdisciplinary unit across English, math, science, and social studies for 6th graders at Greenhills. Follow along chapter by chapter as we learn about how four African-American female mathematicians at NASA helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.

  1. 08/05/2020

    Chapter 23: One Small Step

    In our final episode, we learn about Katherine’s contributions to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s trip to the moon.

  2. 08/05/2020

    Chapter 22: America is for Everybody

    This episode details how the Civil Right movement continued to progress throughout the 1960’s.

  3. 08/05/2020

    Chapter 21: Out of the Past, the Future

    In this episode, we learn about John Glenn’s launch into orbit and the contributions of Katherine Johnson to get him there.

  4. 08/05/2020

    Chapter 20: Degrees of Freedom

    In Chapter 20, we learn about the continued race to space between Russia and the United States. We also learn about the incredible growth and expansion of NASA.

  5. 08/05/2020

    Chapter 19: Model Behavior

    In this episode, we reconnect with Mary Jackson and her family, who take to applying her engineering talents outside of work.

  6. 08/05/2020

    Chapter 18: With All Deliberate Speed

    In this episode, we witness changes in Katherine’s work and personal life. We also learn about all the teams and their required steps to help make space travel with a human a reality.

  7. 07/05/2020

    Chapter 17: Writing the Textbook on Space

    Chapter 17 teaches us about persistence in the workplace and how Katherine used that skill in her work.

  8. 01/05/2020

    Chapter 16: What a Difference a Day Makes

    In this episode, we learn more about the Space Race and how technology advances impacted the West Area Computing.

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This read-aloud of the book, Hidden Figures, will guide an interdisciplinary unit across English, math, science, and social studies for 6th graders at Greenhills. Follow along chapter by chapter as we learn about how four African-American female mathematicians at NASA helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.

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