CKLA unit 7 Lesson 16 Mae Jemison

Put the events of Mae Jemison's life in the correct order.

• Is one of 15 people chosen to be an astronaut and becomes the first African-American female astronaut to go into space

• Joins the Peace Corps and goes to Africa

• Graduates from high school at the age of 16

• Retires from NASA and becomes a professor

• Attends Stanford University then goes to medical school

According to the text, what is a role model?

What 2 topics of study did Mae Jemison focus on while she was at Stanford University?

• African-American Studies and Chemical Engineering

• Astronomy and Biology
• Political Science and Computer Science
• History and Mathematics

Jemison wanted to use her medical training to help people in (a)   and countries where people were poor.

• Africa
• China
• Peru
• England

Jemison joined the​ (a)   as a volunteer.

• Peace Corps
• Army
• Navy
• NASA

In 1992, Mae was chosen for a mission on which space shuttle?

• Space Shuttle Discovery
• Space Shuttle Endeavour
• Space Shuttle Atlantis
• Space Shuttle Columbia