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Space and Stars

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Space-and-Stars-A-Shimmering-New-Group-of-Books.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/28/2004 Space and Stars Transcript Stars! Stars! Stars! — not the Hollywood variety, but the real deal — those ever fascinating points of light shimmering above us in the night sky. Stars! Stars! Stars! is also the title of a new picture book for young children […]

Up on the Moon

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Up-On-the-Moon.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/20/2004 Up on the Moon Transcript I have always felt lucky to remember the first moon landing. At the time, I was only three and a half. I suppose that if I had been born just a few months later, I could have missed […]

Hey, Mister Spaceman

That’s the Byrds with the chorus from their hit “Hey, Mr. Spaceman.” It’s on a new CD for kids with the same title and a dozen songs about the goofy joys and strange preoccupations that some of our popular singers and song writers have had about outer space and its possible inhabitants.

Back to School By Way of the Solar System

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Back-to-School-Via-the-Solar-System.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/29/2002 Back to School By Way of the Solar System Transcript They’ve just done a wonderful thing in our town on what used to be a rather dull, bare street that was devoid of any real visual distinction. There’s a long sidewalk, that’s really […]

Space Sites

Here's Koren Stembridge with information about educational websites about space.