Exploring Our Solar System
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.77 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375812040 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist Gr. Although our neighboring planets were "formed at about the same time and from about the same stuff," the authors write, "they are nine very different worlds." Each chapter takes readers on a planetary tour. 4-8. The section on Earth includes a time line and theories of the evolution of life on our planet. All rights reserved. Gillian EngbergCopyright © American Library Association. In this copiously illustrated volume, astronaut Ride and educator O'Shaughnessy offer a thrilling introduction to our solar system. Throughout, the authors successfully put th
Review from FirstScience Online Newsletter "Five billion years ago, a starship passing through our region of space would not have slowed down for a second look. There was nothing to see. No Earth, no sun, no solar system. Nothing but a huge tenuous cloud of gas.Now, as the result of billions of years of evolution, and centuries of scientific research, we can chart our way through the solar system with Sally Ride as our navigator. Starting from the sun and working outward, Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy take readers on a tour of t. This Book Rocks My Solar System! Caitlin Scott This is an outstanding book! My mother bought it for my younger sister but I borrowed it to help me research a report for my 10th grade science class. It is extremely clear and well written, and the pictures are cool! My science teacher liked it so much that she bought a copy for our classroom. I highly recommend Sally Ride's book for kids (and teachers) of any age.. With over a hundred color photos and diagrams Midwest Book Review Exploring Our Solar System is a definitive guide to space will particularly interest readers ages 10 and older with its survey of the planets by former astronaut Sally Ride, who begins with the Sun and moves outward. Over a hundred color photos and diagrams lends to classroom assignment and research use.
Ride and Dr. Dr. . Sally Ride became America’s first woman astronaut in 1983, and is now a professor of physics. O’Shaughnessy have been friends since childhood and have collaborated on three previous science books for children. Tam O’Shaughnessy is a professor of school psychology
There was nothing to see. Five billion years ago, a starship passing through our region of space would not have slowed down for a second look. No Earth, no sun, no solar system. Starting from the sun and working outward, Sally Ride and Tam O’Shaughnessy take readers on a tour of the nine planets and explain the formation, current conditions, and possibility of life on each.Filled with crisp, full-color photographs and lucid prose, this comprehensive volume untangles the complexities of space and allows readers to feel like masters of the univers