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21st CENTURY EXPLORER
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Books

St. George, Judith: So You Want to Be an Explorer? The Penguin Group. ISBN: 0399238689

Matthews, Rupert: Explorer. DK Children, 2005
ISBN: 0756610710

Sansevere-Dreher, Diane: Explorers Who Got Lost. Tor Books, 1992. ISBN: 0812520386

Walman, Stuart: We Asked For Nothing: The Remarkable Journey of Cabeza De Vaca. Mikaya Press, 2003. ISBN: 1931414076

Bredeson, Carmen: Astronauts. Scholastic Library Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0516269569

Wilkinson, Philip: Spacebusters. DK Publishing, Inc., 1998. ISBN: 0789429616

 

Web Sites

NASA's Educator Astronaut Program Web Site
Come and explore. Learn what it takes to be an astronaut.
http://edspace.nasa.gov/

NASA’s Robotic Explorers
Investigate the kinds of robotic spacecraft used to explore space.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/roboticexplorers/index.html

Space: A Journey To Our Future
This web site ignites your desire for discovery, sparks your imagination, and inspires new generations of explorers to dream of the possibilities that lie ahead.
http://www.spaceevent.com/kid_activities/index.asp
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NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS
National Science Education Standards (NSES)

Content Standard A: Science as Inquiry

  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (K–8)
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry (K–8)

Content Standard G: History and Nature of Science

  • Science as a human endeavor (K–8)

Unifying Concepts and Processes

  • Evidence, models, and explanation (K–8)

National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)

The World in Spatial Terms

  • Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information.

International Technology Education Association (ITEA)

Technology and Society

  • Standard 6: The role of society in the development and use of technology.
  • Standard 7: The influence of technology on history.