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My DS9 has recently re-discovered astronomy and NASA. We spent hours at a planetarium and observatory during their "starry nights" programming last weekend. I was aware that DS knew a lot about astronomy but it's almost as if the cap was removed from a carbonated beverage. He can't stop talking about his experience and wants to go back this weekend. Then, on Sunday, Dateline NBC had the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13. He was mesmerized.

I am hoping that someone has some fantastic resources. I am considering ordering the complete series of NASA mission dvds from Discovery. Any books, workbooks, or video series anyone can recommend?

Thanks!

There might be something here to interest him -

http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/science%20standards.htm

I'm not sure if this is what he's wanting, but a stargazing book that's really lovely is "Turn Left at Orion" by Guy Consolmagno and Dan Davis.

Some other space books we've liked include:

-Ann Love and Jane Drake, The Kids' Book of the Night Sky (sounds as though this might be a bit young for him, though)

-Jim Lebans, The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space

-Dava Sobel, The Planets

-Paul Raeburn and Matt Golombek, Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet (this might be the closest to what he's looking for among the things we've got around here--it's a nice National Geographic coffee table about the NASA Pathfinder mission to Mars, complete with 3-D glasses!)

As a change of pace, I wonder if he'd like to look at the Canadian Space Agency's website? www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/ The CSA has functioned in a supportive role on several NASA missions, and there are some fun activities there, as well as good information about some specialised aspects of those missions.

peace
minnie

Cool!!

Does he like telescopes? I built my first one when I was 12 with purchased mirror then made my own mirror the next year. I also got a "job" at the planetarium and ran some shows.

The major techie mag is "Sky and Telescope" - I'd get subscription. There are a lot of resources listed in S&T and on their site. Looking through the mag, he can decide what he wants to study further.

If you do family trips, you can look up the local U to see if they do tours. You can also visit the big telescopes around the country and the various NASA installations.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/

Id' rent this DVD and get the book:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132477/

He'll love these books:

http://www.madscientistsclub.com/

Space missions:

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galileo...f226-F8A65A9C-EBB1-E9E1-7027B6574729D5F0