From the big bang to meteor showers, from phases of the moon to solar eclipses, this wonderfully lively introduction to astronomy is like an armchair rocket ship flying primary school children straight to the stars! Along the way, they will learn about real science and technology: - how fast light travels - the different shapes of the galaxies - - get a closer view of the heavens with the help of telescopes - see a star being born - - discover what the stars look like in the Southern hemisphere - - journey to the outer planets - discover Saturn and Jupiter - - a mobile that shows their relative distances - build a projector from a cereal box - - explore the evening sky from your own bedroom - learn about Martian meteorites - * Crammed full of colourful astronomy activities, projects and things to do and learn. Tons of extra-terrestrial information, fun factoids and trivia quizzes to boggle your mind for hours. * Full colour artwork throughout (specially drawn by Dave Garbot for the book) explains all the scientific concepts in simple terms.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Sterling Juvenile .

Michael A. DiSpezio conducts workshops for teachers throughout the world. He has co-authored more than two dozen science textbooks and has worked for clients such as the Discovery Channel and MTV. Rob DeSalle is a curator in the Sackler Institute of Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History. He works on molecular evolution, conservation genetics and evolutionary genomics of a wide array of life forms ranging from plants to all kinds of insects, reptiles and mammals.