Space: An Infinite Resource

Space : An Infinite Resource
Presented by
Cynthia Whisennand

Handout for Workshop Text

Science Fiction Book Reviews

Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/scifizone/bookarchive.asp

Children’s and YA Science Fiction Novels
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/favorites/by_genre/science_fic.html
Science Fiction List Monroe County Public Library
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/science_fiction.html

Books—Elementary

Beyond Pluto : the final frontier in space / Elaine Landau.

The Challenger Space Shuttle explosion / by William Caper.

Comets, stars, the Moon, and Mars : space poems and paintings / by Douglas Florian.

Deep space extremes / James Bow.

Destination space / Seymour Simon.

Eek & Ack, ooze slingers from outer space / Blake A. Hoena

Larklight, or, The revenge of the white spiders!, or, To Saturn's rings and back! : a rousing tale of dauntless pluck in the farthest reaches of space / as chronicl'd by Art Mumby with the aid of Philip Reeve

The space mission adventure / Sharon M. Draper

Space : surviving in zero-G / Donna Latham.

Space math / Kieran Walsh.

Space leftovers : a book about comets, asteroids, and meteoroids / Dana Meachen Rau

Books– Middle / High
Final countdown : NASA and the end of the Space Shuttle Program / Pat Duggins.

The hazards of space travel : a tourist's guide / Neil F. Comins.

Introducing It came from outer space / Simone Payment.

The race for space : the United States and the Soviet Union compete for the new frontier / Betsy Kuhn.

Space and astronomy : the people behind the science / Scott McCutcheon and Bobbi McCutcheon.

Space Ghost / Joe Kelly, writer

Websites
The Young Astronauts Council
http://sites.google.com/site/youngastronautcouncil/
Members are able to use online teaching resources.

4H Clubs
http://4-h.org/programs_mission_mandates/set.html
Rocketry program and a goal of helping 1 million young people decide to be scientists.

Boy Scouts of America Merit Badges
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Space Exploration Merit badge, astronomy etc.

Sally Ride Science
http://www.sallyridescience.com/for_educators
Sponsor a club or purchase teaching materials

Main NASA Home
http://www.nasa.gov/
Educators page allows you to find educational materials to download. Speaker’s Bureau allows you to request a n visit from an astronaut. Organizations may borrow NASA exhibits.

Beginners Guide to Rockets
http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/bgmr.html
Information and computer simulations about rockets

Engineering Design Challenge
http://eto.nasa.gov/
Classroom guide for science activities

Flash Earth
http://www.flashearth.com/
satellite imagery

Civil Air Patrol
http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/html/educators.htm
Online science teaching materials and award opportunities

Heavens-Above
http://www.heavens-above.com/
where to look in the sky for ISS, Shuttle, stars, and planets.

Solar System Ambassadors Program
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html
Volunteer speakers about the newest from NASA

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=8
Free membership for teachers. Members have access to online teaching resources

National Space Society
http://www.nss.org/
Special help for educators including moon rock certification and book reviews

Young Astronauts are Back

I was a Young Astronaut Leader for 4 years. A couple of years ago the Young Astronaut website disappeared and I was confused. Yesterday I got am email from the Young Astronaut Council - they are back. This is an announcement that the Young Astronaut Council has been reorganized. Please be aware there is a new Official Young Astronaut Council web site www.youngastronautcouncil.org. The office is accepting renewals for chapter memberships and individual memberships.

Toys in Space

One of the programs that I present is the Toys in Space Program. Two of the Space Shuttle missions took toys with them in order to teach physics. If you check with NASA - toys have also been on the International Space Station. Amoung the toys taken to space were paper airplanes, magnetic marbles, a windup fish and a yo-yo.

Solar Dynamic Observatory

The Solar Dynamic Observatory will be launching in January 2010. It is going to study the sun like no spacecraft that has gone before. It will download so much information that it will have its own ground station in New Mexico. I have given one talk about it already at the Museum of Natural History and Science in Dallas, TX.

Space Thoughts

My husband and I have been Solar System Ambassadors since 2004. We have had a lot of fun teaching about space to people of all ages.