It’s a Wednesday kids day on Take 5; join GPS as he sings a little Angel Medley and shares a little about the 1st African American woman to participate in the NASA space program, Mae Jemison.
Learn More
- “Mae Among the Stars” by Roda Ahmed, Stasia Burrington (Illustrator)
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mae_jemison/index.htm
- https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mae-jemison
- https://www.biography.com/astronaut/mae-c-jemison
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jemison_mae.pdf
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