Cosmic Science Over 40 Gravity-Defying,

Experience the force of liftoff * Create your own constellations * Write a postcard from another planet * Make a club-soda comet, and more! From rocketing out of Earth's gravity and orbiting our planet to probing other planets and walking on the Moon, Cosmic Science makes exploring space a blast! More than 40 easy, safe--and fun--activities show how rockets work, why the shape of the Moon seems to change, just how much power the Sun has, what it's like to live and work in space, and much more!

JIM WIESE (British Columbia, Canada) is a science teacher and an educational adviser who has won Teacher of the Year awards in both the United States and Canada. He is the author of the popular kids' science-activity books Roller Coaster Science, Rocket Science, Detective Science, and Spy Science, all published by Wiley.

Introduction

1

(1)

How to Use This Book

1

(1)

Being a Good Scientist

1

(1)

Increasing Your Understanding

2

(1)

Using This Book to Do a Science Fair Project

2

(1)

A Word of Warning

3

(2)

Before You Go Understanding Our Solar System

5

(16)

Mirror, Mirror

6

(3)

Man in the Moon

9

(3)

Sun Power

12

(2)

Bode's Law

14

(2)

Toilet Paper Planets

16

(2)

Circling the Sun

18

(3)

Blast Off! Rocketing out of Earth's Gravity

21

(20)

Pull of the Earth

22

(2)

All Fall Down

24

(2)

Don't Miss!

26

(2)

Penny Pile

28

(1)

Rocket Launcher

29

(3)

Straw Rocket

32

(2)

Chemical Launcher

34

(3)

Reentry

37

(4)

Up There! Orbiting Earth

41

(14)

Free Fall

42

(2)

Jumping Coins

44

(2)

Spinning in Orbit

46

(2)

Stable Spinning

48

(1)

Flying Straight

49

(2)

Plants in Orbit

51

(4)

``Look, Ma, I'm Floating'' Living and Working in Space

55

(18)

Big g's, Little g's

56

(3)

Water Workout

59

(2)

Robot Arm

61

(2)

Upside Down

63

(2)

Eating in Space

65

(2)

Inner Confusion

67

(2)

Growing Tall

69

(1)

Bad Bones

70

(3)

Places We've Gone Walking on the Moon

73

(10)

Craters

74

(2)

Lunar Walker

76

(2)

How High?

78

(2)

Lost on the Moon

80

(3)

Places We'd Like to Go Probing the Plantes

83

(12)

Gravity Boost

84

(2)

Getting to Mars

86

(3)

Arriving on Time

89

(3)

Postcards from Another Planet

92

(3)

Even Farther Seeing the Stars and More

95

(16)

Cold Comet

96

(3)

Star Pictures

99

(1)

True North

100

(2)

Marshmallow Constellation

102

(3)

Wobble Star

105

(2)

Turning Red

107

(4)

Glossary

111

(6)

Index

117

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Cosmic Science Over 40 Gravity-Defying, Earth-Orbiting, Space-Cruising Activities for Kids

Summary

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