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Section: Youth“Planet Heroes: The Ace That Jumped Over the Moon” (DVD)Ken Murphy / 12:24 am October 3rd, 2008  Fisher Price Librarian’s Note: The Lunar Library has all three episodes, but this is the only Moon-related one, and features Moon ‘Lunar’ helping out Earth ‘Ace’. Launch Magazine Vol. 3 #5Ken Murphy / 11:58 pm September 30th, 2008  Launch Magazine Librarian’s Note: Includes an article on the 2008 Lunar Regolith Excavation Challenge, which in my view is an incredible opportunity to do some ‘prep work’ for working on the Moon. There are a variety of techniques and designs applied to the challenge, and in this free market of ideas the better designs are going to rise to the top. The cover story is lushly illustrated look at the upcoming Hubble-servicing mission, including a cool picture of some of the custom tools. That is one sexy-looking drill. I also have a strong desire to add the Flown to the Moon Beta Cloth Patch Signed by Apollo 11 Crew found in the auction advert to the Lunar Library, though the Library’s budget is nowhere close to being anywhere close to affording something like that. I’ll just stick with books, magazines and videos… “Lunar Pioneers”Ken Murphy / 12:44 am September 23rd, 2008 Black, Robert A. Librarian’s Note: The author just sent me a copy for review, and I’m quite looking forward to this one. Young Blair is being dragged by her parents off to the Moon (a situation not unfamiliar to us military brats, who lose all of our friends again and again…), but a tragedy soon tests her fealty to her new home. Choose Your Own Adventure #26: “Moon Quest”Ken Murphy / 12:32 am September 23rd, 2008 Montgomery, Anson Librarian’s Note: They’ve updated the illustrations, and it looks like several of the plotlines have changed. It’s not in the bookboxes yet (even the publisher doesn’t have it on their website), but Amazon can supply the remedy for your Choose-Your-Own-Moon-Adventure need. Freedom 5 (DVD)Ken Murphy / 1:43 am September 16th, 2008 Katsuhiko Chiba Librarian’s Note: I’d pretty much give up on this one after my Update on space mange and anime when out of the blue I get a phone call from my local anime pop to tell me they’d managed to track down a copy. Both 4 & 5 continue the story with beautiful visuals and great endings. Freedom 4 (DVD)Ken Murphy / 1:36 am September 16th, 2008 Katsuhiko Chiba Your Solar System Needs You!Ken Murphy / 11:55 pm September 5th, 2008 Serve as a Solar System Ambassador! JPL has opened registration for this year’s crop. This is a phenomenal program that enlists educators in the community, teachers and others, like Civil Air Patrol folks, gives them training in the various Solar System missions that JPL is managing and how they improve our knowledge of our world in space, and then turns them loose in their communities to share the knowledge. You have to do four events per year to maintain your SSA status, but the Ambassadors provide a great resource for teachers and educators. Registration Deadline September 30th! Bill Nye the Science Guy - The Moon (Classroom Edition DVD)Ken Murphy / 12:23 am August 27th, 2008 Disney presents Librarian’s Note: I’m not particularly inclined to feed the Disney money machine, but in this case Bill Nye did a great job of explaining and illustrating a number of basic Moon concepts and Disney has the license. ($3250 for the complete set - aye carumba!) Of course, once you edit out all of the fluff it’s only about 15 minutes of solid content, but solid it is. “The First Kids in Space” (w/CD)Ken Murphy / 1:25 am July 29th, 2008  Campbell, Debbie Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #38 (comic)Ken Murphy / 11:47 pm July 23rd, 2008  Eliopolous Nolan Mari Librarian’s Note: The Fantastic Four travel to the Moon to face the ultimate challenge! “Lunar Jim Annual 2008″Ken Murphy / 7:14 pm July 12th, 2008 Alliance Atlantis “The Moon: A Teacher’s Activity Guide”Ken Murphy / 3:11 am July 12th, 2008  Smith, Jason W. (ed.) Librarian’s Note: This is the Teacher’s Guide for the ‘Return to the Moon’ Mission Scenario available at the various Challenger Learning Centers around the nation. I know the one in Houston does birthday parties. “Tom Swift Young Inventor #4: Rocket Racers”Ken Murphy / 2:30 am July 9th, 2008 Appleton, Victor “Station” #1 (of 4) (comic)Ken Murphy / 4:51 am July 6th, 2008 Stokes, Johanna. Illus. by Leno Carvalho Librarian’s Note: Now available at a comic store near you. No aliens, no warp drives - just a good old-fashioned murder on the space station. “One Small Step”Ken Murphy / 2:55 am July 2nd, 2008 Kerr, P.B. Launch Magazine Vol.3 #3Ken Murphy / 3:20 am June 28th, 2008  Launch Magazine Librarian’s Note: There may have been a delivery hiccup this time around. If you haven’t gotten your Launch yet, and should have, then click through the link to get more details. Another well-done issue, even the advertising is cool. Lots of great articles, from a model rocket Ares I & Ares V (maybe VI), about 1/70th scale, an overview of Discovery Channel’s “When We Left Earth”, a long interview with Elon Musk, another with rocketeer Bill Stine, a cautionary article on weapons in space from Ben Bova, to the auction results from the Dallas Air & Space auction at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. “Kids to Space Mission Plans: An Educator’s Guide” (w/CD)Ken Murphy / 1:45 am June 24th, 2008  Schorer, Lonnie Jones & Barbara Sprungman David Librarian’s Note: So what happens when you write an absolutely top-notch phenomenal book for the youngsters, and none of the teachers can use it because it doesn’t have instructions on how to use it to teach space? You write up a curriculum guide that touches on all of the different topics in Kids to Space (that would be 94 mission plans to choose from). For the Moon chapter activity they use the ‘Exploring the Moon’ Teacher’s Guide and a Lunar Disk exercise for certified instructors. Getting certified is not a difficult experience, even your friendly Lunar Librarian is certified. In conjunction with a copy of Kids to Space this is a powerful educational tool. The ‘Standards’ cover Art, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Technology (ITEA & ISTA), Careers, News and Geography. Aimed at 5th through 8th grade, it’s divided into three sections: Planning to Go to Space, Visiting and Living in Space, and Exploring Space. Includes a CD-ROM with even more curricular goodies. Perfect summer reading for your favorite teacher! “Lunar Challenge”Ken Murphy / 2:58 am June 20th, 2008   Morris, Linda & Jan Anstatt (eds.) Librarian’s Note: This looks like a really fun project. A Project Director leads a number of family teams in putting together a Moonbase. It’s less about the Moon than developing understanding of the concepts of systems integration and teamwork, amongst other skills, but in a richly developed Moon-themed setting. The use of ‘Community Experts’ is encouraged to enrich the knowledge base of participants. It’s packed with quality supplies like laminated table-tents, so it’s clearly designed for multiple uses. I’m really looking forward to reviewing this educational kit. I’m just torn as to whether I should try to run an experimental ‘Lunar Challenge’ as part of the review process because it does look like fun and I do have the Lunar Library for reference materials. “Getting Trained at Space Camp”Ken Murphy / 2:37 am June 17th, 2008  Terdiman, Daniel Librarian’s Note: The multi-axis trainer was my favorite part of Space Camp, and I’ve subsequently done less good ones at the Maryland Science Center and the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum. Space Camp was a blast! “Word World: Rocket to the Moon” (DVD)Ken Murphy / 3:13 am May 29th, 2008 “Word World: Rocket to the Moon” Librarian’s Note: Meant for the youngest audiences, a fun visit to the M-o-o-n in a r-o-c-k-e-t. Denny’s D-Fusion Rocket CupKen Murphy / 4:40 am May 26th, 2008  The D-Zone at Denny’s Librarian’s Note: Hey, if it gets rockets in the hands of youngsters so that they can have imaginary space adventures, then I’m all for it. “Big Book of Space Exploration to Color”Ken Murphy / 10:49 pm May 25th, 2008 LaFontaine, Bruce Librarian’s Note: Comprises three earlier Dover coloring books: Exploring the Solar System, History of Space Exploration, and Constellations of the Night Sky. As much for adults as youngsters, these are probably the best and most informative space coloring pages around. “Moon Exploration: Fact & Fantasy”Ken Murphy / 10:27 am May 25th, 2008 LaFontaine, Bruce Librarian’s Note: Took the nephews to Frontiers of Flight Museum today, and picked up an extra copy of this one to donate to the NSS of North Texas Santa Space Toy drive this year. It’s the best Moon-related coloring book I’ve found. “Lunar Nautics: Designing a Mission to Live and Work on the Moon”Ken Murphy / 8:29 pm May 23rd, 2008  Discovery Place Inc. “The Inside Story of the Moon”Ken Murphy / 9:55 pm May 18th, 2008 Hutson, Matt |
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