Professor Astro Cat's Intergalactic Activity Book

by Zelda Turner, Ben Newman (Illustrator)

Overview

Looking at the stars, do you dream of new worlds beyond our own? Would you like to explore distant planets, fly a rocket or try some chocolate quantum physics? Good news, Professor Astro Cat is here to help! Packed with amazing experiments, thrilling facts and create-your-own adventures, his Astronaut Space Camp offers a universe of excitement, and is bursting with ideas for a future at the frontiers of space!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909263468
Publisher:	Flying Eye Books Ltd.
Publication date:	12/13/2016
Series:	Professor Astro Cat
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Ben Newman is an award winning illustrator (Royal Television Society Award for Best Branding and opening credits sequence). Over the years he has racked up an impressive list of clients including Penguin, the BBC, IBM, Lacoste, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the New York Times, amongst many others.

Zelda Turner is a freelance writer and editor. She previously worked as an editor at Penguin and commissioned non-fiction titles at Hodder & Stoughton.

Table of Contents

Part One: Cadet Training

6: Awesome Astrobics
8. Space Gloves
10. Zero-G Simulator
12. Cosmotion
14. Russian Friends
16. Secret Messages
18. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie
20. Cadet Challenge
22. Robot Pets
24. Mayday!
26. The Brain Game

Part Two: Watching The Skies
32. The Birth of a Star
34. Ace Your Solar System
36. Lunar Log
38. Collect Some Space Dust
40. Blast a Crater
42. Make Your Own Star Gazer
44. Create a New Constellation
46. Death by Black Hole
48. Send a Time Capsule into Space

Part Three: Rocket Science
52. One Small Bite for Man
54. Build a Balloon Rocket
56. Carry Out a Blind Taste Test
58. Observe Weightlessness on Earth
60. Make Light Waves
62. The Next Great Invention
64. Chocolate Physics
66. Discover Superhuman Strength

Part Four: Space Missions
70. Leave a Memento on the Moon
72. Customise a Spacesuit
74. Design a Space Patch
75. Pack Your Bags
76. Keep a Space Diary
78. Communicate with an Extraterrestrial
80. Space Colonisation
82. Be an Ambassador for Earth
84. Design a Space Station for the Future

Editorial Reviews

There’s plenty here to keep a young space enthusiast occupied: a page on Morse code for sending secret messages, quiz pages on matching images, a log page for recording Moon phases over a month, an experiment to collect "space dust," instructions for building a balloon rocket, and much more. In fact, there are probably enough activities jammed in this book to keep a kid occupied for a span equivalent to several space missions.
—American Scientist

I love a book with pencil puzzles and space to write your own story, and the very cool "Professor Astro Cat's Intergalactic Activity Book" by Zelda Turner and illustrator Ben Newman is a pleasure to look at and to hold — not to mention filled with interesting facts and intriguing activities.
—The Baltimore Sun

This is a book that can keep your curious little ones entertained and learning for hours.
—Book Nerd Mommy

From the Publisher