Janice Vancleave's Wild, Wacky, and Weird Astronomy Experiments

by Janice Pratt VanCleave and Janice VanCleave

Book Overview

In a series of fun and involving hands-on astronomy experiments, kids learn how distance from the sun affects atmospheric temperature, why the Earth is called the Blue Planet, why Jupiter's ring shines, and how to reproduce Mars' red soil and Jupiter's stormy red spot. They will also determine why radio wave receivers are curved, how radio waves are sent around the Earth via satellite, how satellites enter into orbit, and how rockets achieve escape...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477789634
• ISBN13: 9781477789636
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Rosen Central
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8