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Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"Houston, Texas, 1962. In the midst of the Space Race, a young girl and her family listen to President John F. Kennedy give a speech at Rice University. Aligned with curriculum standards, these narrative-nonfiction books also highlight key 21st Century content : Global awareness, media literacy, and civic literacy. Thought-provoking content and hands-on activities encourage critical thinking. Book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words,...
Series
Publisher
Varied Directions
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
50 years ago, the launch of Sputnik shocked the world. The massive blow dealt to American prestige left its national image in tatters, but that moment also resulted in one of the most dramatic changes in US history. This inspirational film by acclaimed documentary filmmaker David Hoffman takes us to a time when American communities bonded together to change the downward trend in science and math education and put America back on top.
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Escaping Gravity is former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver's firsthand account of how a handful of revolutionaries overcame the political patronage and bureaucracy that threatened the space agency. The success of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, and countless other commercial space efforts were preceded by decades of work by a group of people Garver calls "space pirates." Their quest to transform...
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