Moon

by Penny Norman PhD, Ann Einstein MAT (Editor)

Overview

Go to the Moon with ScienceWiz®. From phases, eclipses, craters, origins, tidal locking, moon dust, moon rocks, to the discovery of water-ice — prepare for mankind’s return to the Moon with this 52 pages, fully illustrated book. Are we going to colonize the Moon? Learn how the giant lava tubes discovered just below the Moon's surface may be where people construct habitable Moon bases — perhaps in your lifetime.

PROJECTS INCLUDE:

• Modeling the phases of the Moon
• Exploring the mysteries of the far side, not visible from the Earth
• Making your own craters
• Acting out tidal locking
• Learning what craters teach us about the Moon’s history
• Creating a model of the layers of the Moon with soft clay.
  Let the model it harden. Cut it open to see the inside structures from core to mantle.

Model a solar and lunar eclipse. Replicate the happy coincidence, unique to our planet, that gives Earthlings a total eclipse of the Sun.

 Of course, eat astronaut ice-cream.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781958398166
Publisher:	ScienceWiz
Publication date:	01/15/2019
Series:	ScienceWiz Book-Kit
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.13(w) x 10.25(h) x 1.44(d)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

AUTHOR: Penny Norman, Ph.D. earned a doctoral degree in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley. She became involved with the development of primary grade science materials through volunteer work, which she began as her own children started school. During this process she became deeply concerned about the limited exposure of elementary age students to the physical sciences. 

Her concern has translated into a 20 year effort to test and revamp science materials for the primary grades. Her work with children developed into a product line initially under the auspices of grants from the National Science Foundation and the Franklin Foundation. Her published titles reflect Dr. Norman’s extensive testing and involvement with children and teachers and her love and commitment to both.

EDITOR: Ann Einstein, M.A.T. from George Washington University in Washington D.C., was a teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District. She has been involved with the education of children for most of her adult career as a director of early childhood education programs, as a teacher in gifted and talented programs and most recently as an elementary education teacher. She has been an editor of the ScienceWiz™ Books since 1994 when she edited the ElectroWiz™ Electricity book.  Ann brings a clarity of mind and the capacity to see things through a child’s eyes to the editing process. 

To quote an Einstein of an earlier generation:

“We never cease to stand like curious children before the great Mystery into which we were born.” - Albert Einstein