EDUCATION - Stuff for Kids
Do you require your students to cover their textbooks? Are you tired of seeing cast-off grocery bags coming back to life as book covers? NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has produced a book cover that will make you happy by providing an entry point for inquiry-based ocean science education and, at the same time, satisfying your students' search for adventure. The Discovering the Oceans book cover was designed for students in grades 4-6 (ages 8-12). The front of the book cover provides just the spark they need to imagine themselves ready to dive in to oceanography or other Earth sciences. The back has a cool comic about NASA's use of satellites to study the surface of the ocean and to track marine life. The back also lists online resources for you and/or your students to learn more about NASA and JPL oceanography activities.
In conjunction with the book cover, we have developed the Become a Junior Oceanographer website. Students take a short quiz on oceanography and marine science. When they pass the quiz they can print out their own Junior Oceanographer certificate and their first name and city will be added to the Junior Oceanographers Hall of Fame. And don't worry, the name they print on the certificate will not be stored on our website.
Download a PDF version of the book cover here
Educators can request free classroom sets of the book cover by faxing their request on school letterhead to:
JPL Oceanography Outreach
Discovering the Oceans Book Cover
Fax: 818-393-4555
SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED!
Note: The child's full name is not stored in our database. The Junior Oceanographer certificate is a simple PDF file onto which the student types his or her name. Students are asked to use only a first name and city for the Hall of Fame.
More information is available for students at
http://sealevel2.jpl.nasa.gov/bookcover-students.html .
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