Bridgeport Public Library : NASA Planetarium – Solar System and Galaxies for Children
Bridgeport, WV – “NASA Planetarium: Solar System and Galaxies for Children” is a Bridgeport Public Library “Take Me To Your Reader” Summer Reading program for children between the ages of four and twelve. The program will be offered twice, for the second time on Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 6:00pm. Registration is required and can be easily done by calling the library at 304-842-8248.
Books recommended to expand the “NASA Planetarium: Solar System and Galaxies for Children” program experience include:
Larklight or The Revenge of the White Spiders or To Saturn’s Rings and Back: a rousing tale of dauntless plunk in the farthest reaches of space by Philip Reeve
What’s Out There?: a book about space by Lynn Wilson
The Milky Way by Fan Howard
Every Planet has a Place: a book about our solar system by Rebecca Baines
Exploring the Solar System for kids: a history with 22 activities by Clive Gifford
Exploring Your Solar System, Meteors, and Comets by Elizabeth Rathum
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole
Solar System by Gregory Vogt
If you have questions about this event, please contact Amy at the library at 304-842-8248.
About NASA Planetarium: Solar System and Galaxies for Children
This planetarium program features scaled representations of the sun and the principal bodies of the solar system in color. The enormous distances between the planets are shown to scale. It also features a colored depiction of the Milky Way Galaxy, complete with spiral arms and a scaled distance line.
Source: NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation Program