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Allowing students to make discoveries before they are asked to memorize facts, this text contains activities which offer experience in measuring variables and making astronomical observations. ... Read more

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Not for laymen!!!
If you are a scientist and can understand all the concepts in this book, then this book is for you. If you are a student who has been assigned this book, the best of luck to you. Perhaps Astronomy for dummies would have helped...

Not worth the money
The book was poorly writen, often repeating the same idea multiple times within a paragraph, making the material harder to understand due to sentice structure and unrelated tangents. While this book is required for someclasses, if you can get by without it, do so. Perhaps they will write abetter one soon.

new edition coming
A new edition will appear in summer 1999. The book has a new publisher, Kendall/Hunt.

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Ten magical folktales inspired by our vast and shimmering sky are combined with fascinating facts to take children on an ethnic journey exploring the sun, moon, stars, seasons, and weather. Story-related activities draw kids into cultures, arts and crafts, cooking, science, math, games and history! Full-color art and 100 "how-to-do-it" illustrations. ... Read more

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Great Buy
Book was in condition as promised and arrived promptly.Great transaction - would definitely use this seller again =)

Tales of a Shimmering Sky
A good source for teachers to find stories about the myths and legends of the constellations.

The best of a wonderful series...
All three Williamson "Tales alive!" books are great but of the three this is my favourite. The stories chosen are delightful and cover a range of sky related themes, eg. the sun, moon, stars, weather. The stories were not always the best known from a region (I noticed this with the Polynesian entry as that's my part of the world), and this was a definite plus for me.The activities are great - I work with slightly older children than the book is aimed at but could easily adapt them to suit.

Tales of the Shimmering Sky has something for everyone!
This collection of ten folktales from around the world (Native America, Slovakia, India, Europe, Canada, Polynesia, Mexico, Africa, and Scandinavia) focuses on the sky--heavenly bodies, the seasons, and the weather. In addition to Milord's colorful and creative stories, this resource also contains background information, science experiments, hands-on projects, games, arts and craft activities, and recipes. Children are invited to learn about the mysteries of the sky through exciting activities such as baking a batch of celestial pretzels, solving a lunar calendar puzzle, making a Beaufort scale to estimate wind speed, and flying an origami-style paper kite. ... Read more

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Far out! Planets, stars, rockets, and other spacey things are here tohelp your child practice math and reading skills. Little learners willhave loads of fun as they complete puzzles, mazes, hidden pictures,dot-to-dots, and other activities. This book is the perfect tool forreinforcing the basic skills taught in school.

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Very good
Excellent gift for a five year old child who is interested knowing about the solar system ... Read more

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Interesting
I ordered this book for a project on planets and the kids found it really interesting.

Stars Study Keepsake
This is a beautiful little book with lovely posters of constellations and planets, glow-in-the-dark stars, and stickers of the (nine--guess they hadn't heard the news yet) planets. I gave this book to each of my home-educated children (ages 5, 7, and 9) when we embarked on our studies of space this year. It is not a text book, but it is filled with interesting facts, and it will be a keepsake for them of our time spent this spring and summer gazing at the stars and the moon. At $10, it was not any more expensive than some other souvenirs we've bought, and it was a nicely illustrated, creative way to introduce them to what can be a scary and complex subject. ... Read more

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(Springer-Praxis)A comprehensive review of the results of the Ulysses mission, which charted the 11-year cycle of solar activity of the heliosphere around the minimum. Covers the solar wind, cosmic rays and energetic particles, interstellar aspects such as cosmic dust, and the large and small scale structure of the heliosphere. ... Read more

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ANOTHER GREAT PRIDDY ROGER BOOK
GREAT bood, my 2&1/2 y/o son absolutly loves it, we read it over and over again. LOVE PRIDDY BOOKS ... Read more

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These Proceedings present the most recent results from the highly successful international solar space missions (SOHO, CORONAS-F, TRACE, RHESSI, YOHKOH) and ground observatories around the Earth, reported at the IAU Symposium 223 held in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 14-19, 2004. These include discussions of the current theories of solar dynamics and activity, new constraints provided by the multi-wavelength observations of the Sun from the interior to the heliosphere, as well as discussions of future coordinated plans and efforts of multi-wavelength investigations of the Sun. The Proceedings contain the material of seven plenary sessions and three round-table discussions ... Read more

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Topics covered include: The Earth's Crust Seasons Rocks & Fossils Soil Disaster Preparedness Volcanoes Earthquakes The Water Cycle Weather & Storms Rivers & Caves Seas & Oceans Rockets and Spaceflight Stars Galaxies & Constellations >/li> Space Shuttles Astronauts Telescopes Each unit in the Teacher's Manual contains all of the following:- Easy Planning Checklists - Lesson Plans- Annotated Library Lists- Kid Friendly Internet Links- Fun Project IdeasThis is a great program for early elementary students as a first introducton to science, or as a follow up to Level 1 - Life Science. ... Read more

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In WALKING IN SPACE: DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE WALKING TECHNIQUES, David Shayler provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of EVA techniques, for the first time outside NASA publications. The author draws on original documentation, personal interviews of astronauts with experience of EVAs, and accounts by those involved in suit design, EVA planning, and operations. Moving on from the pioneering of EVA techniques during the Gemini program, the author describes the basic requirements in terms of the equipment that every spacewalker needs, the development of training techniques - currently all completed on Earth - the surface explorations of the Moon by the Apollo astronauts and the numerous activities performed by Shuttle astronauts and those aboard the Salyut and Mir Space Stations, such as satellite servicing, equipment upgrading and repair missions. He also describes the development of techniques for ensuring crew safety during EVAs and looks ahead to future EVAs from the International Space Station and the development of new technology, including robotic assistance. ... Read more