Cosmic Science Over 40 Gravity-Defying, Earth-Orbiting, Space-Cruising Activities for Kids

by Wiese, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780471158523
• ISBN10: 0471158526
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-24
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Experience the force of liftoff * Create your own constellations * Write a postcard from another planet * Make a club-soda comet, and more! From rocketing out of Earth's gravity and orbiting our planet to probing other planets and walking on the Moon, Cosmic Science makes exploring space a blast! More than 40 easy, safe--and fun--activities show how rockets work, why the shape of the Moon seems to change, just how much power the Sun has, what it's like to live and work in space, and much more!

Author Biography

JIM WIESE (British Columbia, Canada) is a science teacher and an educational adviser who has won Teacher of the Year awards in both the United States and Canada. He is the author of the popular kids' science-activity books Roller Coaster Science, Rocket Science, Detective Science, and Spy Science, all published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
How to Use This Book	1	(1)
Being a Good Scientist	1	(1)
Increasing Your Understanding	2	(1)
Using This Book to Do a Science Fair Project	2	(1)
A Word of Warning	3	(2)
Before You Go Understanding Our Solar System	5	(16)
Mirror, Mirror	6	(3)
Man in the Moon	9	(3)
Sun Power	12	(2)
Bode's Law	14	(2)
Toilet Paper Planets	16	(2)
Circling the Sun	18	(3)
Blast Off! Rocketing out of Earth's Gravity	21	(20)
Pull of the Earth	22	(2)
All Fall Down	24	(2)
Don't Miss!	26	(2)
Penny Pile	28	(1)
Rocket Launcher	29	(3)
Straw Rocket	32	(2)
Chemical Launcher	34	(3)
Reentry	37	(4)
Up There! Orbiting Earth	41	(14)
Free Fall	42	(2)
Jumping Coins	44	(2)
Spinning in Orbit	46	(2)
Stable Spinning	48	(1)
Flying Straight	49	(2)
Plants in Orbit	51	(4)
``Look, Ma, I'm Floating'' Living and Working in Space	55	(18)
Big g's, Little g's	56	(3)
Water Workout	59	(2)
Robot Arm	61	(2)
Upside Down	63	(2)
Eating in Space	65	(2)
Inner Confusion	67	(2)
Growing Tall	69	(1)
Bad Bones	70	(3)
Places We've Gone Walking on the Moon	73	(10)
Craters	74	(2)
Lunar Walker	76	(2)
How High?	78	(2)
Lost on the Moon	80	(3)
Places We'd Like to Go Probing the Plantes	83	(12)
Gravity Boost	84	(2)
Getting to Mars	86	(3)
Arriving on Time	89	(3)
Postcards from Another Planet	92	(3)
Even Farther Seeing the Stars and More	95	(16)
Cold Comet	96	(3)
Star Pictures	99	(1)
True North	100	(2)
Marshmallow Constellation	102	(3)
Wobble Star	105	(2)
Turning Red	107	(4)
Glossary	111	(6)
Index	117