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A full-color picture book biography about Bonnie Dunbar, a young girl who made her dream of going to space a reality through hard work and determination-includes several hands-on science experiments for real-world learning connections.
When Bonnie Dunbar spotted Sputnik traveling across the sky from where she stood on her family's farm, she knew that's what she wanted to do when she got older. In Space Adventurer: Bonnie Dunbar, Astronaut, readers...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Have you ever dreamed of going to outer space? When Sally Ride was a little girl, she watched on TV as astronaut John Glenn launched into space. Twenty years later, she became the first American woman to go to space.
Ride had loved science since she was young. Some of her teachers thought she was wasting her time studying science, but she went on to earn her PhD in astrophysics anyway. When NASA's astronaut training program opened to women, Ride...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape -- any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Women in Science and Technology: Mae C. Jemison gives readers in grades 1-3 a brief biography of the first African-American woman astronaut, Mae C. Jemison. Readers will discover that she is also a doctor, dancer, businesswoman, and educator. Learn about how Mae went from a child with big dreams to a woman who inspires many. The biographies in this collection introduce students to influential women in science and technology, from astronauts to medical...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Kathy Sullivan wanted to go everywhere. She loved blueprints and maps. She loved languages and the ocean. She didn't like the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" She wanted to explore and do exciting things that girls weren't supposed to be able to do. Only men had the exciting jobs. Kathy liked fishing and swimming; flying planes and studying science. That's what she liked and that's what she decided to do with her life. She followed...
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Philomel
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Born and raised in India, Kalpana Chawla was discouraged from pursuing a career in aeronautical engineering because there were limited career options for women in that field. But she persisted, getting her degree and then moving to the US to obtain other, more advanced education before joining NASA and becoming the first Indian-born woman to go to space. Though she was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, she continues to inspire girls in...
11) Space heroes
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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First American edition.
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English
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Profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle.
14) Sally Ride
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Little Sally grew up in California, and soon realized that she had a passion for science. She loved it so much that she studied it at college and became a Doctor of Physics. One day, whilst reading the student newspaper, Sally saw that NASA was looking for astronauts. Women could apply, having never been able to before... so she went for it! Sally was chosen, and in 1983 became the first American woman to fly in space. Sally believed that science...
15) Sally Ride
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Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A biography of Sally Ride in the She Persisted series"--
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Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2018].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Sally Ride became the first American woman to orbit Earth in 1983. She later worked to encourage young people to pursue science. Readers will be inspired by her fascinating story.
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