The Apollo Missions for Kids: The People and Engineering Behind the Race to the Moon, with 21 Activitiesvolume 71 by Pohlen, Jerome

The Apollo Missions for Kids: The People and Engineering Behind the Race to the Moon, with 21 Activitiesvolume 71

In 1961, President Kennedy issued a challenge: before the end of the decade, the United States would...
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Author: Jerome Pohlen
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The Apollo Missions for Kids: The People and Engineering Behind the Race to the Moon, with 21 Activitiesvolume 71 by Pohlen, Jerome

The Apollo Missions for Kids: The People and Engineering Behind the Race to the Moon, with 21 Activitiesvolume 71

¥5,388

The Apollo Missions for Kids: The People and Engineering Behind the Race to the Moon, with 21 Activitiesvolume 71

¥5,388
Author: Jerome Pohlen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In 1961, President Kennedy issued a challenge: before the end of the decade, the United States would land a person on the moon and return him safely to Earth--a bold proclamation at the time given that only one US astronaut had ever been to space, for just 15 minutes. To answer President
Kennedy's call, NASA embarked on the Apollo missions: a complicated, dangerous, and expensive adventure involving 400,000 people. Before the missions were over, NASA astronauts had made eleven Apollo flights, six of which landed on the moon, and eight astronauts had lost their lives.
The Apollo Missions for Kids tells the story of this pivotal era in space exploration from the perspective of those who lived it--the astronauts and their families, the controllers and engineers, and the technicians and politicians who made the impossible possible. The book includes a time line, resources for further study, and places to visit to see Apollo mission artifacts, along with 21 hands-on activities to better understand the missions and the science behind them. Kids will:
  • Determine what they would weigh on the moon
  • Learn to identify the moon's features
  • Demonstrate orbital mechanics with a marble and a shallow bowl
  • Calculate how far away the moon is using sports equipment
  • Recreate the shape and size of the command module
  • Eat like an astronaut and make "space food"
  • Design a mission patch
  • And much more


Author: Jerome Pohlen
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 06/04/2019
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780912777177
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2019
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2019
Booklist 06/01/2019 pg. 61

About the Author
Jerome Pohlen is a former elementary school science teacher, an engineer, an editor, and the author of Albert Einstein and Relativity for Kids as well as a dozen award-winning science kits, including Famous Experiments, Microscopic World, and Wild Weather.

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