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The Resource Mae Jemison : awesome astronaut, Jill C. Wheeler, (electronic resource)

Mae Jemison : awesome astronaut, Jill C. Wheeler, (electronic resource)

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In this title, examine the life of imaginative space traveler and medical innovator Mae Jemison. Readers will enjoy digging into Jemison's personal story, beginning with her childhood in Chicago where she watched Star Trek and conducted dozens of her own science experiments. Students can trace Jemison's success, from her education at Stanford University and Cornell University to her years volunteering with the Peace Corps, before her acceptance into the NASA space program and flight into space on the Endeavour. Engaging text and photos offer insight on topics such as astronomy, gravity, and biomedical engineering. While a timeline, glossary, and index supplement the text, an entertaining science activity allows readers their own hands-on experience based on the science that inspired this woman's groundbreaking career. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company
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eng
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Mae Jemison : awesome astronaut
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Mae Jemison
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awesome astronaut
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Jill C. Wheeler
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eng
Summary
In this title, examine the life of imaginative space traveler and medical innovator Mae Jemison. Readers will enjoy digging into Jemison's personal story, beginning with her childhood in Chicago where she watched Star Trek and conducted dozens of her own science experiments. Students can trace Jemison's success, from her education at Stanford University and Cornell University to her years volunteering with the Peace Corps, before her acceptance into the NASA space program and flight into space on the Endeavour. Engaging text and photos offer insight on topics such as astronomy, gravity, and biomedical engineering. While a timeline, glossary, and index supplement the text, an entertaining science activity allows readers their own hands-on experience based on the science that inspired this woman's groundbreaking career. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company
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Midwest
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1964-
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Wheeler, Jill C.
Dewey number
629.450092
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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dictionaries
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hoopla digital
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Women in science
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  • Jemison, Mae
  • African American women astronauts
  • Astronauts
  • Electronic books
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juvenile
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Mae Jemison : awesome astronaut, Jill C. Wheeler, (electronic resource)
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
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unknown
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1 online resource
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  • online
  • electronic
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Digital content provided by hoopla
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9781614800835
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(electronic bk.)
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computer
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rdamedia
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11893325
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MWT11893325
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Mae Jemison : awesome astronaut, Jill C. Wheeler, (electronic resource)
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Publication
Distribution
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
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text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
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  • online
  • electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Isbn
9781614800835
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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11893325
Publisher number
MWT11893325
Specific material designation
remote
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Mode of access: World Wide Web

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