Books with title Space Explorer

A digital solution for your classroom with features created with teachers and students in mind: • Perpetual license • 24 hour, 7 days a week access • No limit to the number of students accessing one title at a time • Provides a School to Home connection wherever internet is available • Easy to use • Ability to turn audio on and off • Words highlighted to match audio Exploring Space introduces young learners to key features of the universe. Readers learn about planets, moons, stars, and space travel. This Acorn Read-Aloud is an excellent tool for introducing children to the concept of outer space in simple terms for children.

Climb Aboard! Explore how NASA was formed! Meet early astronauts! Examine the Gemini and Apollo programs! Investigate Keck, Keck II, the Hubble Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory! Learn about space shuttles and stations! See an infographic showing the electromagnetic spectrum! Did You Know? facts and a Guidebook of landmarks in space exploration complete your journey. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Alien visitors who can't leave ... A dangerous vacation on the Moon ... The not-so-lost civilization ... Discovering one's inner self ... A stranger who could change your life ... Welcome to Explorer! Get ready to expand your horizons, jump-start your engines, and head into adventure. Journey into the unknown with some of today's best new imaginations as your guide. Keep your wits about you and remember where you parked. Now is no time to forget the way home again! Stories based on: weather, space, exploration/colonization, sound, human physiology, properties of matter.

Follow the progression of space exploration from 1950 to 1980 with this colorfully illustrated timeline. The reverse side includes reproducible activity cards for extending classroom activities. Each card comes perforated through the center so that it can be pulled apart to create an extra long (68) continuous timeline for your classroom wall or bulletin board.

Opposing Viewpoints SeriesFor over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. By choosing from such diverse sources and including both popular and unpopular views, the Opposing Viewpoints editorial team has adhered to its commitment to editorial objectivity. Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. In short, Opposing Viewpoints is the best research and learning tool for exploring the issues that continually shape and define our turbulent and changing world.