Amazing Solar System Projects
YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF
Published on 1. January 2008
130 pages
978-1-61930-117-7 (ISBN)
Description
Amazing Solar System Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9 and up to the basic elements of the solar system with over 25 hands-on building projects and activities. Readers learn about the sun, the planets and their moons, meteors and comets, and the amazing tools that astronomers and astronauts have used to study the solar system over the years.
Amazing Solar System Projects You Can Build Yourself provides detailed step-by-step instructions and diagrams for creating the projects, which include making a greenhouse to see what happens on Venus and constructing a model of the phases of the moon to demonstrate why the moon has phases. Fascinating facts, anecdotes, biographies, and trivia are interspersed with the fun projects to teach readers all about the solar system.
Amazing Solar System Projects You Can Build Yourself provides detailed step-by-step instructions and diagrams for creating the projects, which include making a greenhouse to see what happens on Venus and constructing a model of the phases of the moon to demonstrate why the moon has phases. Fascinating facts, anecdotes, biographies, and trivia are interspersed with the fun projects to teach readers all about the solar system.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2008
Nomad Press
€33.61
Article exhausted; check different version
Persons
Delano Lopez has taught the History and Methods of Science to university students, and has taught numerous subjects to the target age group of this book. Mr. Lopez is a member of the American Historical Association, and has published articles on a wide variety of subjects, including the history of science.
Shawn Braley is an award-winning illustrator. He attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Inc. He specializes in cartoon and editorial illustration. Braley is also a world traveler, musician, cat owner, and comic art collector. He lives in Southern Vermont.
Shawn Braley is an award-winning illustrator. He attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Inc. He specializes in cartoon and editorial illustration. Braley is also a world traveler, musician, cat owner, and comic art collector. He lives in Southern Vermont.
Content
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Spotlight on Famous ASstronomers
- 1- What is the Solar System
- How Big Is Space
- Why is Venus Hotter Than Mercury?
- Rings Around the Planets
- Phases of the Moon
- ORBITING Moon Model
- Geocentrism & Heliocentrism
- What Makes a Comet's Tail?
- CRATER Maker
- Asteroid Belt
- Volcanism
- Galileo's Acceleration Ramp
- Galilean Telescope
- Rockets
- Sputnik
- Balloon Aerostat
- The Eagle Has Landed
- Magnetic Rail Launcher
- Solar Wind Sails
- Ion Drive
- Seismometer
- Solar-Power Spacecreaft
- Mars Exploration Rover
- Beyond the Solar System
- Big Bang Balloon
- What is a Nebula?
- Pulsar Model
- Light-Year and Parsecs
- Templates
- Glossary
- Resources
- Index
