Apollo 11 Moon Landing: An Interactive Space Exploration Adventure

by Thomas K. Adamson

Overview

You are an American in the 1960s. The United States and Soviet Union have been in a space race since the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite in 1957. Since then, the two superpowers have been fighting over which country will control the universe. President Kennedy begins a new space program, with a goal of landing a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s. You want to be a part of it. Can you help beat the Russians and help the United States land a man on the moon?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491481035
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	You Choose: Space Series
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	830L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Thomas K. Adamson has written dozens of nonfiction books for kids on sports, space, math, and more. He lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with his wife and two sons. He likes reading and playing ball with his boys. He also likes to check scores and stats on his phone.

Table of Contents

An impossible dream — Training for a dream mission — The big day — Returning to Earth — They did the impossible.

Interviews

Multiple storylines meet Common Core standards for analyzing multiple accounts of an event Meets Common Core demand for narrative nonfiction

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2016
Gr 5–9—These titles aren't adventures per se but rather an engaging way to reach students hesitant about space science. Some of the "paths" simply end when that part of a mission concludes or the particular engineering problem is solved, while others continue to a final goal. Negative endings are possible, including being fired or getting space motion sickness. Some choices introduce moral dilemmas, while others simply involve choosing among relatively equal possibilities. The "Breaking into the Boy's Club" chapter in Space Race is from the perspective of a female pilot and contends with the barriers women faced in the early days of NASA. The conclusion of each text reveals developments based on the subject of each book that affect contemporary life. For example, in Mars Exploration Rovers, the final chapter discusses the new rover NASA's engineers are working on, to be launched in 2020, and how these rovers are paving the way for future human exploration. VERDICT The first-person perspective is an effective means of getting readers passionate about space. No doubt these will inspire a few future engineers and astronauts.

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