Max goes to Jupiter : a science adventure with Max the dog / Jeffrey Bennett, Nick Schneider, Erica Ellingson ; illustrated by Michael Carroll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Jeffrey O.

Contributor:

Schneider, Nicholas.

Ellingson, Erica.

Carroll, Michael.

Series:

Science Adventures with Max the Dog series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogs--Juvenile fiction.

Dogs.

Jupiter (Planet)--Juvenile fiction.

Jupiter (Planet).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (33 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Big Kid Science, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scientifically-accurate illustrations and information-packed sidebars enrich this fascinating tale, the third in this acclaimed series about diversity and space exploration. Set in the future, Max the Dog's friend Tori is all grown up and is the chief scientist of the Jupiter Mission. In order to reach their spacecraft, Max and his crew must take an amazing ride on a new device called the Space Elevator. Once they've probed the planet's atmosphere, Max and friends begin exploring two of Jupiter's moons?the volcanically active moon Io and the ice-encrusted moon

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Jupiter in the Night Sky; Jupiter Year After Year; King of the Planets; The "Geocentric" Universe; Galileo; We Are NOT the Center of the Universe; Moon Shapes; A Space Elevator?; The Elevator Ride; A Trip to Jupiter; The View from Jupiter; No Solid Surface; Missions to Jupiter; The Volcano World; Why Does Io Have So Many Volcanoes?; Dancing Moons; The Water World; Icy Moons; Exploring Europa's Ocean; Ganymede and Callisto; Is There Really Life on Europa?; Space Data for Education; Seeing Jupiter's Moons for Yourself; Learning More About Jupiter; About the Authors

About the ArtistAbout Max

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-937548-05-8

OCLC:

753480515