R E S O U R C E S

Teacher Resources and Sources

Books

Zondervan. (2005). The Holy Bible, Today's New International Version. Grand Rapids, MI.

Galaxy and Universe

Aguilar, D. A. (2007). Planets, Stars, and Galaxies: a Visual Encyclopedia of our Universe. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Crowe, M. J. (1994). Modern Theories of the Universe: From Herschel to Hubble. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc.

Gibbons, G. (2007). Galaxies Galaxies! NY: Holiday House.

Zim, H. S. (1973). The Universe. New York, NY: William Morrow and Company.

Stars and Constellations

Branley, F. M. (1984). Comets. New York, NY: Thomas Y. Cromwell Junior Books.

Branley, F. M. (1987). Star Guide: A Voyage into Space Book. New York, NY: Thomas Y. Cromwell Junior Books.

Frost, H. (2004). Spinning Through the Universe: a novel in poems from Room 214. Farrar, Straus, And Giroux, NY: Frances Foster Books.

Kimmel, E. A. (n.d.). The McElderry Book of Greek Myths.

Peddicord, J. A. (2005). Night Wonders. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Rey, H. A. (1954). Find the Constellations. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.

Verdet, J. (1991). The Sky: Stars and Night. Ossining, NY: Young Discovery Library.

Technology of Space

Asimov, I. (1966). Satellites in Outer Space. NY: Random House, Inc.

Bean, Alan. My life as an astronaut . N.p.: Pocket Books , 1988. Print.

DeVorkin, D., & Smith, R. W. (2004). The Hubble Space Telescope: Imagining the Universe. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Gleick, J. (2003). Isaac Newton. NY: Vintage Books of Random House, Inc.

Lewis, J. P. (2005). Galileo's Universe. Mankato, MN: Creative Editions.

Ride, S., & Okie, S. (1986). To Space and Back. NY: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books.

Schyffert, Bea U. The man who went to the far side of the moon : the story of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins. N.p.: Chronicle Books, 2003. Print.

Steele, P. (2005). Galileo: The Genius Who Faced the Inquistion. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

White, J. R. (1985). Satellites of Today and Tomorrow. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company.

Willard, B. C. (1976). Russell W. Porter: Arctic Explorer, Artist, Telescope Maker. Freeport, Maine: The Bond Wheelwright Company.

Textbooks

Science

Exline, J.D. et al. (2002).Science Explorer: Earth Science (teacher’s ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Padilla, M. (2007). Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Astronomy. Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Young, R. M. (2000). Astronomy: Thematic Unit. Teacher Created Materials.

Math

Bailey, Day, Frey, Howard, Hutchens, McClain, et al. (2004). Mathematics: Applications and concepts. Columbus: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.

Social Studies

Jacobs, H. H., & LeVasseur, M. L. (2005). World Studies: Medieval Times to Today. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Porter, D. H. (2007). Social Studies: Ancient Civilizations. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc.

Music

Beethoven, J., Brumfield, S., Campbell, P. S., Connors, D. N., Duke, R. A., Jellison, J. A., et al. (2002). Making Music. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman.Pearson Education, Inc.

Art

Brooks, D. R.(2005). Art. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman Pearson Educationm Inc.

Websites and movies

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=564

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/startypes.shtml

http://mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/2_eng_myths.htm

http://www.cosmobrain.com/cosmobrain/res/nearstar.html

http://math.youngzones.org/stat_graph.html

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/sizeandscale/

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/views/flashView.cfm?guidAssetId=2ab76926-cfed-40bc-af38-7e0f6d776e1d

http://library.thinkquest.org/19498/geography.html http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space.html