Exploring Space (Starting with Space) - Hardcover

Nicolson, Cynthia Pratt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1550747118 ISBN 13: 9781550747119

Verlag: Kids Can Pr, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

A resource for young space explorers explains the difference between space stations, space probes, and space shuttles; details how telescopes work; and includes the latest discoveries and NASA photographs of our solar system and beyond. Simultaneous.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Cynthia Pratt Nicolson has written many science articles and books for children, including Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites, The Planets and The Stars. She lives on Bowen Island, British Columbia.

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Gr. 3-5. From the Starting with Space series, this colorful volume offers a short introduction to a huge subject. Coverage is broad rather than deep. Each chapter considers a different topic: searching from Earth leads into going into space, the exploration of the solar system, and the universe beyond. Like a good curriculum teacher, the text takes more than one approach to a given topic. The discussion of rockets, for example, begins with the myth of Icarus soaring toward the sun, offers brief discussions of their history and how they work, and ends with an activity titled "Make a two-stage balloon rocket," which looks like fun. Bill Slavin's illustrations, all in color, include appealing line-and-wash drawings as well as photographs. Good supplementary material for astronomy collections. Carolyn Phelan
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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kids Can Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1550747118
• ISBN 13: 9781550747119
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: Slavin Bill
• Anzahl der Seiten: 40
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