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Explores astronomy through a variety of activities and projects. Includes reproducible "copycat pages" with games, puzzles, pictures, and more. ... Read more

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24 projects, 184 pages, lay-flat spiral bindingTable of ContentsPreface for Students and Instructors Suggested Voyager III Startup File Project 1 - Introduction to Voyager IIIProject 2 - Celestial Coordinates Project 3 - Learning the Night Sky Project 4 - Motions of the Sun Project 5 - Phases of the Moon and PlanetsProject 6 - Retrograde Motion Project 7 - Maybe Ptolemy Was Not So Wrong Project 8 - SeasonsProject 9 - Planetary Alignments Project 10 - Lunar Eclipses Project 11 - Solar Eclipses Project 12 - The Galilean Moons of Jupiter Project 13 - Earth SatellitesProject 14 - Rendezvous with Comet HalleyProject 15 - A Flight to Mars, Part 1Project 16 - A Flight to Mars, Part 2Project 17 - Stellar Magnitudes and Light PollutionProject 18 - The Proper Motion of StarsProject 19 - The Sun's Stellar Neighbors Project 20 - The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Project 21 - Binary StarsProject 22 - A Star Cluster in Three DimensionsProject 23 - The Milky WayProject 24 - The Hubble Law ... Read more

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Why do planets spin? How hot is the Sun? What keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth? What are Saturn’s rings made of? What’s a black hole in space? Now you can discover the answers to these and other fascinating questions about basic astronomy. In Astronomy for Every Kid you’ll learn about the constellations using a shoe box planetarium. You’ll chart the movement of the stars with nothing but a string, a marker, and a nail. And you’ll use a toy magnet to simulate the Earth’s protective force field. Each of the 101 experiments is broken down into its purpose, a list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and an easy to understand explanation. Every activity has been pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or at home. Also available in this series from Janice VanCleave: Biology for Every Kid Chemistry for Every Kid Dinosaurs for Every Kid Earth Science for Every Kid Geography for Every Kid Geometry for Every Kid The Human Body for Every Kid Math for Every Kid Physics for Every Kid ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Kids love it
Whether you're homeschooling or just need some extra help for after school, this is the book for you!

First step for the sky observer
Before buying a telescope to you kid, keep in mind "letting him time to play with this book first". It would be a great reference to analyze what it is been view in the sky and how the forces of the universe (pure science) work. You might night to support, guide and encourage your kid with some of the experiments, but he would learn more that you think. My daughter is enchanted with the book.

I wish I hadn't bought this...
This book is a big disappointment. I don't know very much about astronomy, but I have done a lot of experiments with my kids. The better experiments in this collection are basic scientific experiments we have done before with a page of explanation on how it relates to astronomy...or how it is a simulation of something in astronomy, which I feel is misleading to the kids.

Other experiments are not even experiments, but demonstrations of things so obvious that most kids can visualize them without a demonstration. For example, stirring tea leaves in a jar with a pencil to simulate a hurricane on Jupiter.

Only one experiment sounded interesting--a sun dial that can act as a compass. But wait! The compass is only accurate two days out of the year, and there is no explanation of the science behind the experiment.

I want my money back!!!!

Absolutely Wonderful!
As a mom who home-schools her kids, this book has been invaluable for keeping the fun and interest in teaching Astronomy. Janice VanCleave's book have been a great assest to our library.

Packed with errors.
This book looks like it tried too hard to be about astronomy. It takes reasonable experiments about basic scientific principles and tacks on explanations related to astronomy that ignore other factors (i.e. both reflectivity and distance from the sun are seperately listed as the reason a planet is hotter when Venus is neither the darkest nor the closest), are overly obscure, or just plain wrong (appearance of 'the man in the moon' caused by shadows).

I have worked in an astronomy museum for six years, and this book has me pausing to try and comprehend what the book is trying to do. I am not familiar with the other Janice VanCleave books, but I specifically recommend AGAINST this one. ... Read more

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Learn to unleash the awesome power of your telescope and take a fascinating tour of the Universe Astronomer Gregory Matloff introduces you to all the fun and excitement of astronomy by helping you to discover the full potential of any telescope. Packed with dozens of fun and easy stargazing projects and activities. Telescope Power doesn’t just tell you about all the beauty and mystery of the stars but lets you see it all for yourself! You begin your tour of the Universe by setting your sights on nearby neighbors in our Solar System. You’ll hunt for blue lunar flashes, spot lunar landing sites, and use color filters to observe the changing seasons on Mars and the spectacular rings of Saturn. From there, it’s off to more distant stars. You’ll learn how to read a star atlas and identify the various constellations: locate binary stars Mizar and Alcor; use a finder chart to observe the beautiful Globular Cluster M-13 and the Ring Nebula Lyra: visit the Great Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda (twin sister to our own Milky Way Galaxy); and a lot more. You’ll also learn about the different types of telescopes and how they work; how to set up your telescope; the "care and feeding" of telescopes; the best accessories to try, including different eyepieces, filters, clock drives, and star wheels; and how to share your experiences with other young astronomers. ... Read more

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Lot of information, too confusing for kids!
This is a great book full of pictures and a ton of information.However, there is so much info that it overwhelmed my son.It is layed out with several tidbits of info spread all over the pages.Although interesting, it was too complicated for children.Would recommend this book for kids over 13.Definately worth getting if you want an introduction to using telescopes and space but it should be for the older teens and adults.I do plan on keeping this book as I think it will provide a lot of good information when he is older.Until then it will be on the shelf waiting to be rediscovered! ... Read more