Kids to Space by Lonnie Jones Schorer

Kids to Space - An Educator’s Guide by Lonnie Jones Schorer & Barbara Sprungman David

ISBN 978-1-894959-71-1

INDEX

2001: A Space Odyssey 11, 169, 186

acceleration 76, 78, 80

Ad Astra - 186

Adams, Henry 55

addictive behavior 90

Aerospace America 186

Air Force Association 185, 193

air friction 61, 78

air traffic 42, 64, 173

airlock 72, 87

airspace 64, 173

alcoholism 90

Aldrin, Buzz 2-3, 7, 39, 184

algorithms 189

alien 57, 98, 110, 116, 123, 156-157

Allen, Carolton C. 154

Allen, Jackie 117, 154

Allen, Paul 29

Alperstein, Neme 4, 54, 57, 113, 184

altimetry 150-151

Amazing Space 145, 147, 184, 193

Amazon 29

American Association for the Advancement of Science 4, 39, 184, 191

American Geological Institute 192

Anderson, Mary Jane 46

Ansari X Prize 20, 29, 58, 61, 107, 184, 191

Ansari, Anousheh 3, 8, 57, 87, 94-95, 98, 184

Apogee 2, 59-60

Apollo 1 11

Apollo 11 12

Apollo 15 11

Apollo 17 11

Apollo 7 11

Apollo 8 11

Apollo flights 132

Apollo survival kit 102

Ariel 162

Arizona State University 56, 65, 74, 82-83, 155, 184

Armstrong, Neil 17, 20, 184

ASP - change to Astronomical Society of the Pacific 123-124, 149, 184, 192

Asteroid belt 146

ASTP 11

astrobiology 191

astronaut journals 46

Astronomy Magazine 186

astrophotography 144

Atlas 20, 144

atom 49, 91

Augustus, Caesar 82

Avena Originals 90, 185

AWWA 128

axial tilt 82

Bass, Lance 20

Bear in the Woods 12

Benson, Tom 3, 23

Beta-cloth 11

Bezos, Jeff 29

Bigelow Aerospace 29

Bigelow, Robert 29

birth certificate 110

Bishop, Sheryl L. 20

Bite-Size Physics 56, 80-81, 189

Blue Origin 29

Boston University 117, 168-169, 185

Bowie, David 169

Boy Scouts 103

Boyd, Harrison 77

Boyle, Alan 185

Boys Life 20

Bozeman 56, 65

Brain, Marshall 187

Branson, Richard 29

Brown, Linda 117, 151

buoyancy-driven convection 84

Bush, George 29

Byrd, Deborah 185

Caesar, Julius 82

caffeine 2, 90

calcium carbonate 71

calendar 56, 82-83, 187, 190

Calisto 159

Caron, Dan 4, 35-36, 185

Cartesian diver 72

Cassini 117, 160-161

Cassini-Huygens 160-161

Cavendish 152

CCAT 59

Center for Space Physics 117, 168-169, 185

centrifugal force 39

Century Explorer 132-133

Ceres Project 56

CFCs 49

Challenger Center for Space Science Education 4, 25-26, 41, 57, 89, 188, 194

Chicxulub Crater 146

Chihuahuan Desert 50

chlorine 49

chlorophyll 130

chloroplasts 130

chocolate 57, 90, 137-138

Christensen, Phil 155

Civil Air Patrol 56, 67, 186, 192

Clark, Laurel & Iain 6

Clarke, Arthur C. 17, 169, 186

Clemmons, Maureen 20

CNN 186

Collins, Mike 11

combustion 77, 84-85

COMDEV 189

Commander Casper 38

Common Era 83

compass 25, 68-70, 103, 148

concept map 102-103

Congress 29, 186

Conservation of Angular Momentum 38

contact addiction 90

convection current 84

CORE 68, 159, 182

Corona program 168

Cosmic Decoders 123

cosmic rays 100

CPOD 31-32

Crossfield, Scott 67

crystals 77

CSIRO, Australia Telescope National Facility 185

CTBs 46

Cucinotta, Frank 100

Current Science Magazine 20

Cydonia region 157

David, Barbara 2, 4, 34, 50, 116, 118, 138

David, Leonard 2, 186

Dawson, Ivor 3, 20, 186

DeBates, Bryan 116, 131, 147

definition of space 58

Deimos 82-83

Descriptive Science 12

Destination Mars 117, 154

Destiny Laboratory Module 93

DeVore, Edna 117, 156-157, 186

diapers 94

Dice-K 94

diffraction grating 91

Dionysius Exiguus 82

Discoverer 1 168

Discoverer 13 168

DLN 113, 184, 188

Doherty, Paul 57, 91-92

Dorr, Eugene 3, 11, 186

Dougherty, F. Carroll 56, 77

dreams 2, 5-6, 8, 17, 93, 184

Drummond, Jim 22, 189

dry cell 68

Dyson, Marianne 57, 87, 186

Eagle Scout 20

EarthKam 4, 47-48

ECHO 1 168

ECLSS 128

Economist (The) 4, 28, 194

Edmund Scientific 91, 186

Educator Astronaut Program 19

Effective Temperature 118

Einstein 152

ejecta 146-147

electromagnetic catapults 61

Elementary Mathematics of Model Rocket Flight 60

emergency egress 105

Emergency Exit System 105

EMU 86

E-Nose 98

EOS 22

ergonomics 37

Estes Altitrak™ 58, 60

Estes Educator™ Guide for Teachers and Youth Group Leaders 59

Estes Electron Beam® 58

Estes Engine Rocket LAB Pack™ 58

Estes Oracle™ rocket 60

Estes Porta-Pad® 58

Estes Rocket LAB Pack™ 58

Estes SnapShot™ 60

Estes-Cox Corporation 56, 60, 187

Europa 159

exercise equipment 77, 94

Exploration of Mars Table 175

Exploratorium Snacks 57, 91-92, 194

Exploratorium Store 91

Explorer 1 169

Explorer 7 168

EXPRESS racks 27

Exxon Mobil Education Foundation 77, 193

Federal Aviation Administration 3, 24, 187

FEMA 105

First Teenager 3, 20

first-aid kit 102-104

Fisher, Diane 188

Flach, Tim 28

Flatow, Ira 191

Fleming, Moray 114

Flight Crew Equipment Office 46

flying hair 87

force meter 170

Fraknoi, Andrew 185, 187

Franklin, Benjamin 115

Freas, Frank Kelly 11

Freedom 7 102

frequency 91

fresh mint effect 95

Friedman, Louis 195

fuel 25-26, 39-40, 56, 62, 84, 96-97, 111, 136, 142

Funk, Mary Wallace "Wally" 20

Galileo 169

Galileo Galilei 159

Ganymede 159

Garletz, Brinn 110

Gemini 10 11

Gemini 5 11

geocaching 75, 168

geostationary 168, 186

geosynchronous orbit 170, 190

germination 131

Getty Images 28, 187

GFE 23

G-force 29

Gille, John 189

Glenn, John 20

Glovebox 33, 34

Goddard Space Flight Center 22, 185, 189, 192

Goddard, Robert H. 17, 62

Godfrey, Rebecca 115

GOES 169

Gold, Mike 29

Google 35, 48, 111, 147, 169

GPS 75, 168-169

gravity 20, 29, 33, 38-39, 56, 61, 76-79, 84-85, 87, 93-94, 147, 152, 166-167, 197

Great Dark Spot 164

Great Red Spot 159

Gregorian calendar 82-83

Ground-truth studies 120

Gustafson, Mary 154

Hawking, Stephen 152

Heinlein, Robert 5

helium 142

Helms, Susan 93

Herschel, William 162-163

Hindenburg 24

Hinton, Paul 81

Hirschon, Bob 39

horizontal launch 61

Horton, Roxanna 56, 86, 193

HotChalk, Inc. 116-117, 119, 161-162, 187

Houchin, Justin 3, 20

Houts, Deb 56, 78

HowStuffWorks 187

Hubble Space Telescope 163, 169, 184-185

Huber, Graham 11

Hui, Peter 11

Human Factors 37

Huygens Probe 160-161

hydrogen 142

hydroponics 130

hygiene 57, 87, 94

hypothesis 133-134, 146-147, 167, 170

ignition stimulus 84

ilmenite 132-134

Imaginova™ 192

IMP 169

impact crater 146-147

infrared radiation 143-144

INS 57, 110, 187

InstructorWeb 56-57, 79, 95, 188

International Astronomical Union (IAU) 166-167, 188

International Ergonomics Association 37

International Telecommunications Union 108

Interstellar Message 196

Io 159

ISS 22, 46-48, 67-68, 72, 87, 96, 188

ITEA 188

Janvier, Jamie 177

JAXA 188

Jernigan, Kenneth 189

Johnson, Lyndon 194

Joyce, Bob 56, 62, 117, 152

JSC 34, 37, 46, 87, 117, 153-154, 189

Juno 82, 159, 189

Kage, Ben 22

Kepler 152, 186, 191

Kibo 188

KIDSNET 191

kinetic energy 147

Kubrick, Stanley 186

Lark, Floyd 116, 119

Las Cruces 50, 170

latitude 75, 155

laughing gas 29

Launch Buck 136

LaunchQuest™ 59

Learning Technologies Channel 68

Lebofsky, Larry 117, 151

Lebofsky, Nancy 117, 151

Leestma, David 188

Leestma, Pam 3-4, 14, 48, 54, 57, 100, 113, 116, 118, 188

LEGO 33, 67

Leon, Nancy 188

LessonPlansPage.com 117, 119, 163, 187

Liability Convention 108-109

life-support system 86

LifeView Outdoors 57, 102-103, 188

limewater 71

line graphs 31

line spectrum 91

liquid fuels 62, 84

Liquid-cooling garment 122

Livingston, David 196

Lockheed-Martin 20, 58

longitude 75, 155

long-period comet 146

Longuski, James 39

Lovell, Jim 11

Lowell 157

Lucid, Shannon 87

Lui, Gigi 11

Lujan, Barbara 190

Lunar and Planetary Institute 194

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter 189

Lunar Sample Disk 139-140

Lunar Sample Loan Program 139

Magellan spacecraft 150-151

magnetic field 68, 70

Malik, Tarik 188

Malin Space Science Systems 157, 189

Mariner 169

Mars 4, 17, 25-26, 29, 39, 41-43, 47, 56, 65-66, 74, 79, 82-83, 94, 96, 100, 111, 116-117, 119, 130, 132-133, 146, 148, 151, 153-157, 166, 169, 174-175, 184, 189

Mars Climate Orbiter 189

Mars Global Surveyor 74, 157, 169, 175, 189

Mars Odyssey 189

Mars Polar Lander 189

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 189

Mars soil simulant 153-154

marsupials 125

Marsville 96

Martian orbit 25

Maryland Department of the Environment 116, 127-129, 195

Mass 38, 61-62, 76, 79-80, 109, 146-147, 152, 166-167

Masson, Elizabeth 165

Master Sniffer 98

Maurer, Marc 33, 189

McAndrews, Hazel 40

McAuliffe, Christa 1, 186

McCall, Robert 11

McLain, Brad 57, 103, 189

McRel 107, 191

Mercury astronauts 102

Meteorite certification 147

methane 164

methanol masers 190

MGS 74, 157

microgravity 33-35, 38, 56, 58, 76-77, 84-85, 93

Microgravity combustion science program 84

Micro-meteoroids 56, 86

Milne, David 116, 125

MILSTAR 169

Minerals 89, 132, 153

Mir Space Station 191

Miranda 162

Mission Control 11, 31, 56, 64, 73, 93

mission patch 3, 11-12, 58-60, 106

Mojave Aerospace Ventures 58

molecular diffusion 84

molecule 49

Moon Agreement 108-109

MOPITT 22, 189

Morgan, Barbara 1

Morse, Christine 131

MOS 42-43

motion sickness 93

MSDS sheets 132

MSNBC 185, 186

Mueller Planetarium 196

Mueller, Jim 56, 80-81, 189

Murray, Bruce 195

Musk, Elon 29

N Sync 20

NALI 59

nanotechnology 191

NAR 59

NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center 57, 101,189

NASA Explorer Schools 59, 193

NASA Food Technology Commercial Space Center 189

NASA For Kids 116, 138

NASA Space Place 57, 98, 189

NASA, Exploring the Moon 116, 140

NASA/Glenn Research Center 3, 23

NASAexplores 3-4, 15-16, 19, 27, 30-32, 37-38, 42-43, 47, 56-57, 64, 68, 70, 72-73, 84-85, 88, 104-107, 116-117, 120-122, 135-138, 171-175, 182-183, 189

NASCAR 121-122

NASTAR 195

National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 135

National Center for Atmospheric Research 189

National Federation of the Blind 33, 189

National Space Biomedical Research Institute 189-190

National Test Pilot School 20

natural selection 125

Neff, Sean 85

neon 92

Neubert, Josh 56, 61, 117, 170

Neurolab 191

New Mexico 50, 59, 170

New York Times 160

NewsTarget.com 190

Newton, Sir Isaac 62, 76

Newton's laws 38, 76-77, 80-81170

Newtons of force 152

NORAD 190

Norse gods 82

North Carolina State University 187, 195

NSS 87, 186

NSTA 2, 155, 193

NTSB 20

nutrients 89, 126, 130-131

Oberon 162

Office of Outer Space Affairs 109

Okamoto, Chad 56, 77

Oklahoma State University 67

Olsen, Lauren 95

OMS 42

Onuki, Misuku 190

Oort cloud 146

Orbital Sciences Corporation 190

Orbiter 105-106, 156, 159, 175, 189

Orbiter Access Arm 105

Ottewell, Guy 56, 66, 190

Outer Space Treaty 108-109

Owens, Frank 2

Owens-Corning Fiberglass 11

oxidizer 84

oxygen 31, 49, 56, 67-68, 71, 84, 111, 132-134

ozone 4, 49, 98

Pacific Science Center 116, 123

Pallis, Jani Macari 56, 77

Pandian, Jagadheep 57, 94, 190

Pangaea 125

payload 35, 58-59

PayPal 29

phloem 130-131

Phobos 82-83, 175

Phoenix Mars Mission 74, 189

photon 88

photosynthesis 130-131

phototropism 131

Pioneer 169

Placental mammals 125

POLAR 169

polarized 57, 88

pollination 130-131

Poole, Adrian 123

Pope Gregory XIII 82

Pope, Alexander 162

Popular Science 20

positive terminal 68

Pratt & Whitney 62

Priory Group 90, 195

prism 91

Prodea Systems, Inc. 184

Progress Supply ship 96

prototype 23, 35-36, 166

Pucci, Emilio 11

Purdue University 39

Pythagorean theorem 106

Queen Elizabeth II 186

radiometer 141-143

Rainbow Glasses 91

range box 58, 60

Rawlings, Pat 3, 9, 38, 190, cover illustration

Red Planet 39, 65, 153, 155, 174

Registration Convention 108-109

regolith 139-140

Rescue Agreement 108-109

Resolution 5 117, 166

Resolution 6 117, 166

RFP 23

Rhemann, Joe 129, 191

Richards, Andrew 155

Ride, Sally 38

RLVs 17

roach motel 185

robots 39, 117, 153, 171-172

Rocket Safety Code 59

rocket webbing 59

Roma Color 11

Rutan, Burt 29, 58

Sagan, Carl 195

Santa Claus 190

satellite 42, 48-49, 60, 68, 75, 117, 166, 168-170, 186, 190-191, 193, 196

Schatz, Dennis 116, 123

Schorer, Dave 2

Schorer, Lonnie 2-4, 18, 21-22, 34, 40, 57, 90, 93, 103, 111, 116-118, 129, 145, 159, 165

Science Friday 191

Science NetLinks 4, 39, 184, 191

Scott, Dave 11

Scott, Don 3-4, 12, 47-48, 191

Screen Print Corp.11

Searfoss, Rick 17, 20, 191

SETI Institute 116-117, 125-126, 141-144, 156-157, 186, 191, 192, 196

Sezen, Leyla 56, 71, 191

Sezen, Tugrul 56, 71, 191

Shakespeare, William 162

shampoo 87, 94

ShareSpace Foundation 7, 39, 184

Shepard, Alan 184

short-period comet 146

Shostak, Seth 192

sidereal time 83

simulants 153-154

Sky and Telescope 186

Skylab 11, 35

Skype 4, 53-54

slidewire 105-106

Smith, Courtney 33-34, 192

Smith, Michael 117, 167, 192

Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum 102

snoring 93

Society of Women Engineers 56, 77, 192

SOFIA 186

soil simulants 153-154

Sol 82-83

solar oven 137

Solar System Exploration 117, 159, 165

solid fuels 84

Solo Trek 15

space agency 29, 189

Space Camp 192

Space Education Initiatives 192

space elevator 20, 117, 170

Space Elevator Games 170

Space Environment Center 138, 192

Space Frontier Foundation 193-194

space habitats 29

space hotel 39, 57, 99-100

Space Island Group 193

space law 57, 108-109, 196

Space map 60

Space News 186, 192

Space Radiation Health Project 100

Space Science Institute 189

space seeds 48

space shuttle 1, 11, 17, 19-20, 35, 37-38, 46, 76-77, 84-85, 89, 93, 97, 105, 119, 136, 186, 188-189

space taxis 39

Space Telescope Science Institute 145, 147, 184, 193

Space World 186

Space.com 186, 188, 192

SpaceLoft™ 58-59

SpaceLoft™ rocket 58-60

spaceport 50, 59, 111

SpaceShipOne 29

SpaceShipTwo 29

Spacesuit Guidebook 67

SpaceX 29

Spectrometer 43, 49

Spectroscope 91

spectrum 6, 91-92

sphericity 84

SPICE 56, 63, 97, 193

Sputnik 168

standard deviation 120

Stanford Solar Center 193

Star Center 141-143

Star Trek 29

Star types 142-143

Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidi 87

Strasburger, Carrie 117, 177, 193

STS 4 12

STS 71 12

STS-115 11, 87

sugar 90

super-dog 97

Table of Tangents 60

Teachers in Space 188, 193-194

Teachers Network 194

telepresence 171

TERC 116, 148, 194

Terra Mission 22

terraforming 39

TERRIERS 169

Terriers Classroom 117

Tether 117, 136, 170

the critical length 170

The EGGS Prize 107

The Futures Channel 4, 50, 194

The Matrix 42

The Planetary Society 195

The Science House 195

The Science Spot 56, 75, 195

The Space Foundation 56, 62, 116-117, 131, 147, 152, 185, 189, 192-193

The Space Show 196

THE STAR™ 59

The Ten Essentials 103

The Thousand Yard Model 56, 66, 190

The Young Astronaut Program 4, 49, 196

time 2, 5-6, 11, 16-21, 23, 25-27, 29, 31-33, 37-43, 46-48, 51, 53, 56, 58-64, 67, 71, 75, 82-85, 87, 89-90, 93-94, 100-103, 106-107, 111, 113, 118, 120, 122-123, 126, 131-133, 135, 139, 141, 143-144, 148-149, 151, 156-157, 160, 162, 164, 167-168, 170, 173, 184, 186-188, 190-193

Tinker Toy 67

Titan 160-161

Titania 162

Titanium oxide 132

tobacco 57, 90

TOMS 49

topography 64, 117, 150-151

toxins 98, 185

toys 4, 38, 75

trajectories 25, 64

Trans-Neptunian Objects 166

trash 24, 57, 96

Traveling Space Museum SM 20, 186

Trenner, Peter 55

Trimpe, Tracy 56, 75, 195

Triton 164-165

troposphere 22, 120, 189

Trujillo, Hazziel Diaz 92

Udvar-Hazy, Steven F. 56, 86, 193

UFOs 156

Umbriel 162

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs 57, 108-109, 196

United States Environmental Protection Agency 127, 196

University of Nebraska 196

University of North Dakota 56, 83

University of Toronto 22, 189

unpolarized light 88

Unser, Richard 56, 86, 193

UP Aerospace™ 58-59

urine funnel adapters 94

UV 49, 101

vacuum pump 94

Vakoch, Douglas 123, 196

Vandenberg Air Force Base 50

Velcro 87

vertical launch 61

VE-simulated 42

Viking 1 156

Viking 2 157, 169

Virgin 29

virtual reality 42, 171

Vision for Space Exploration 133

Vogt, Greg 67

vortex 64

vortices 64

Voyager 2 spacecraft 163-165, 169

VR 42-43

VSS Enterprise 29

VSS Voyager 29

Waldron, Anna 56, 74

Wallops Flight Facility 35, 185

Warner, Justin 4, 39

Water conduction collection 94

waypoints 75

weightlessness 25, 29, 39, 56, 77-79, 94

White, Ronald 190

Whitson, Peggy 98

Wilkes Land Impact Crater 146

Will Whitehorn 29

Wisconsin Fast Plants Program 196

X Prize 20, 29, 50, 56, 58, 61, 107, 117, 170, 184, 191, 196

X-15 67

xylem 130

Young, Barbara 11

Young, John 11

Yucatan Peninsula 146

Zebrowski, Jim 98

zeoponics 130

zero gravity 29, 87, 197

zero year 83

Zero-G 56, 78, 197

Zimmerman, Micah 9