Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to be admitted into the NASA astronaut training program - can you add this important date to her timeline, along with some important dates in her life?
Get the kids thinking about science and space with this fun worksheet! Can they plan their own experiment to carry out on a space shuttle using the worksheet prompts to help them?
There are a still a lot fewer women working in science and engineering compared to men. Can the kids use their persuasive writing skills and an eye-catching design to create a poster encouraging more girls to consider a science or engineering career?
There are 12 hidden words and phrases in this Mae Jemison word search. Some of them are quite tricky, but if you get stuck we've included a separate solution too.