Cited Resources
Teachers
Alexander, Tom. Project Apollo Man to the Moon. 1964. Harper and Row. New York. NY. This book describes in detail the basic principles and mechanical means of the project- a lunar excursion module - the manned Apollo Space capsules.
Beech, Linda W. Integrated Theme Units Space. 1994. Scholastic Inc. New York, New York. This teacher's material is a good source for Space Lesson plans.
Chamot, Anna U. & O'Malley,J. Michael. Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach: A Bridge to the Mainstream. TESOL Quarterly Volume 21, No. 2 (June 1987) pp. 227-249. This article describes the importance of CALLA in second language acquisition.
Chaikin, Andrew. A Man on the Moon.1994. Penguin Group. New York, NY. This paper back describes the triumphant story of the Apollo Space Program.
Freedman, Roger A. Kaufman, William III J. Universe 7 th Edition. W.H. Freeman and Company 2005, New York, NY.This book introduces astronomy, planets and moons, stars and stellar evolution and galaxies and cosmology.
George, Michael. Space Exploration. Mankato, Minnesota. Creative Education, Inc.1992. This book examines the past and present efforts to explore outer space and speculates about future exploration.
Pyle, Rod. Destination Moon The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts' Own Words. Harper Collins Publishers 2005. NewYork, NY. This book describes the Apollo Missions through the account of the astronauts.
Romero, Maritza. 1998. Ellen Ochoa: The First Hispanic Woman Astronaut (Great Hispanics of Our Time). The Rosen Publishing Company. New York, NY. This is Ellen Ochoa's biography.
Students
Black, De-ann.2005. Learn About Rocket Science. This book shows the history of rockets and how they work.
Becklake, Sue. 1998. Space Stars, Planets and Spacecraft. New York. DK Publishing.
This is book is about the amazing discoveries made by today's scientists with the use of spacecrafts, probes and satellites.
Cole, Joanna & Dege, Bruce.1990 The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System. New York: Scholastic Inc.This book is about the adventures of Ms. Frizzle and her class aboard the magic school bus in space.
Cole, Michal.2000. Space Launch Disaster: When Liftoff Goes Wrong. Enslow(Series Countdown to Space). This book describes the danger of launching spacecraft covering the Russian Mars Space probe explosion, the Apollo 1 fire, an the Apollo lightening strike, and the Challenger explosion.
Dispezio, Michael A.2003. Space Mania, Discovering Distant Worlds Without Leaving Your Own. New York: Sterling Publishing. This is a book full of activities, quizzes and other fun stuff in space.
Gallant, Roy. 2000. A. Space Station. Benchmark (Series Kaleidoscope). The book explains what a Space Station is and how it is put in orbit.
Graham, Ian.1998. The Best Book of Space ships. New York. King Fisher. The colorful illustrations and text describe how humans have tried to learn more about space and some of the equipment and vehicles used to do this.
Harrison, James. 2004. Space Discovery. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.This book is about the history of space travel and what's to come in the future.
Hehner, Barbara.1999. First on the Moon: What it was like when Man Landed on the Moon. Hyperion. This is an account of the first Moon landing by Apollo 11 in 1969.
Jackson, Garnet N.1994. Mae Jamison Astronaut. New Jersey. Modern Curriculum Press. This book is about the first African American woman, Mae Jamison who travels in outer space.
Hawcock, David.1998. The Amazing Pop Up Pull Out Space Shuttle.D.K. Publishing Inc. New York, NY. This book shows a pop-up rocket and its parts.
Robinson, Tom. 2006? The Everything Kids' Science Experiment Book. Adam Media Corp. Avon, Massachusetts. This book shows Earth and physical science experiments for children.
Sands, Stella. Astronauts Kids Discover February 1998.Volume 8 Issue 2. Boulder, Colorado
Simon, Seymour. Destination Space. Harper Collins, 2002.This is an amazing book about space.
Sipiera, Diane M. Project Apollo. Children's Press.1997. This book provides a history of space projects to study the Moon.
Stott, Carole. Eyewitness Space Exploration. 2004. DK Publishing Incorporation. New York, NY. This book describes the secrets of space and mankind's quest to learn about our Universe.
Thimmesh, Catherine. 2006. Team Moon. How 400,000 people landed Apollo 11 on the Moon. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, NY. This book is highly recommended for detailed information on the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission.
Ticotsky, Alan. (2007). Science Giants- Physical Science. Good Year Books. Tucson, Arizona. This book describes, space, the Solar Systems and astronomy.
Wiley and Sons. Discovering the Solar System. 1999.
Websites
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/s_williams_record.html. This websites gives information on the first woman astronaut who stayed 194 hours in Space.
http://www.ology.amnh.org/astronomy/gravity/index.htm. This website is the American Museum of Natural History. It provides scientific information on gravity and Space.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/Space milestones/#obj. This is a teacher's website with free lesson plans in science and other content areas.
https://www.houstonisd.org. The Houston Independent School website provides teachers with the curriculum department mission statement.
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/docs/kids/Space phys/microgravity.cfm. This website gives information on microgravity.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/features/F_Spinoffs_Extra_prt.htm. This is one of NASA's educational websites.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.htm. This website provides visitor's information, attraction and exhibits as well as NASA's Educational program.
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/apollo.htm. Apollo Project information is given in this website.
http://www.worbo.com/product_overview/Burn_Protection/index.php This website gives the product overview for burn protection. These products are cool-skin sleeve, cool- skin wrap, cool-skin, and cool-skin blanket.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_dish The website explains that Space exploration is the investigation of physical conditions in Space and on stars, planets and other celestial bodies through the use of artificial satellites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_dish Wikipedia defines satellite dish.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/kids/ Go this website to checkout games, animation projects, and fun facts about Space, Earth and technology.
http://Space flight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/. The website provides information about the Apollo Space Program history.
http://Space flight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo1/index.html. This is NASA's website that provides Apollo 1's information.
http://Space flight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo13/index.html. This is NASA's website for more information about Project Apollo.
http://Space flight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo11/index.html. This is NASA's website for Space mission Apollo 11.
http://Space flight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo12/index.html This is NASA's website for Space mission Apollo 12.
http://Space flight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo13/index.html This is NASA's website for Space mission Apollo 13.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/educators/ The resources in this website were developed specifically to help teachers in the classroom.
http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Chron&MCode=Apollo&StartYear=1960&EndYear=1969 Solar System Exploration. This website provides vast information of the Apollo missions.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/saturnV.htm This website provides the Apollo Program's Saturn V Launch Vehicle.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/kids/spinoffs2.shtml The interesting and comprehensible website provides the technologies and materials that were originally developed for the Space programs.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/kids/amazing_facts.shtml The amazing facts states cool stuff to know about Space, Earth and technology.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/kids/amazing_facts.shtml The website tells us about Prof. Starrs Dream Trip or how a little technology goes a long way.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/kids/projects.shtml The website provides amazing science and technology projects delightful for kids.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/kids/live/index.shtml The website shows two kids Kate and Carlos hosting their own show. They invite guest scientists who work on really cool Space and earth mission.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/kids/cs_Space _tech.shtml The website provides information on Space technology for example a slinky. It is a simple old fashion toy. On could use a straightened out Slinky used as a mast to support solar sails on a spacecraft.
http://Space place.nasa.gov/en/kids/friends_share.shtml The website invites people to join local community organizations. One of these organizations is the Astronomy Club Partner Program. The Space Place partners up with NASA to bring news of specific NASA projects to their members.
Appendix
A special thank you to Professor Sabatino Sofia for his guidance, encouragement and "space travel". Yale University Faculty (Yale National Institute Seminar Leader Summer 2007).
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