![]() You can certainly use different colored stickers and paper or create your own personal constellation! This art project is really about learning about the idea of a group of stars that are named and form an image once joined together. After placing the stickers we drew the lines with a crayon. To make the constellation art, I drew dots with a pencil to show them where to put the star stickers. The Little Dipper and the Big Dipper are easily recognizable. Constellations are a big concept, so in order to teach about the constellations, we made star dot to dot type constellation drawings. Ages 7 to 10.In our To The Moon Summer Fun Space Activities theme, we learned about constellations. Macero’s impressive illustrations emphasize the vastness of space back matter-including author and illustrator notes-introduce young sky-watchers to young Edwin and the questions that beguiled him. In 1990, in honor of these discoveries and more, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It wasn’t until 1914, after his father’s death, that Edwin returned to astronomy, eventually making astonishing discoveries: He would identify that the Andromeda nebula was a separate galaxy, and later, he would discover that the universe was expanding. Although Edwin loved astronomy, his father insisted he study law after finishing his degree, Edwin became a high school teacher and basketball coach in Indiana. As a child in Missouri, Edwin Hubble would sit alone outside at night looking up at the stars, and wonder: How many stars are in the sky? How did the universe begin? Where did it come from? In 1897, on his eighth birthday, Edwin received a wonderful gift: a telescope built by his grandfather. Written by Isabelle Marinov illustrated by Deborah Marcero. The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble A three-page author’s note provides more information about Shilling, along with a bibliography. Shilling’s is a fantastic story, engagingly told, and perfectly complimented by Duncan’s illustrations. ![]() ![]() She identified the fuel-line problem, and suggested an inexpensive fix that was easy to manufacture during wartime. Eventually hired by the Royal Aircraft Establishment to write handbooks about aircraft engines, Beatrice learned that Spitfire and Hurricane pilots were having trouble with sputtering engines. Encouraged by her engineering mentor “Miss Partridge” to apply to university, Beatrice graduated with honors but, as a woman, had difficulty finding a position. By age 14, she had her own motorcycle, and worked as an apprentice engineer, bringing electricity to rural English villages. As a child, Beatrice Shilling loved all things mechanical, and preferred to spend her allowance on tools rather than candy. Written by Mara Rockliff illustrated by Daniel Duncan. The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer An appendix includes additional information about the moon, Earth, and Armstrong. He’s jostled from a nap as Armstrong throws him into a box “with some acquaintances he knew only slightly,” returning to Earth with the crew of Apollo 11. The story starts with the celestial fender-bender that produced the moon, and continues with Bok-a piece of basalt that broke off from a larger rock-being hit by an asteroid, something that took him “about half a billion years to get over.” As he cycles between sleeping and gazing at the Earth, Bok endures as continents form on Earth, dinosaurs roam, and Neil Armstrong is born. This charming book, adapted from that speech, combines Baker-Smith’s lush illustrations with a story sure to charm readers. ![]() During Armstrong’s acceptance speech he dubbed the fragment “Bok,” and described all the things Bok must have witnessed over billions of years. In 2006, NASA named Neil Armstrong an Ambassador Explorer, and presented him with a small fragment of a rock he’d brought back to Earth from the moon in 1969. Written by Neil Armstrong illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith. Bok’s Giant Leap: One Moon Rock’s Journey Through Time and Space ![]()
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