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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces Benjamin Banneker, a free black man of the eighteenth century who loved to learn and used his knowledge and observations to build a wooden clock, write an almanac, and help survey the streets of Washington, D.C.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A picture book biography of Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer who overcame obstacles such as weakening eyesight and teachers who did not believe astronomy was an appropriate career for a woman to lead the NASA team to build the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the empowering story of a female scientist's triumphs at a time when society discouraged women from pursuing scientific careers. It is also the story of an important milestone in the field of...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"How many stars are in the sky? How did the universe begin? Where did it come from? This is the story of Edwin Hubble, a boy fascinated by the stars who surmounted many hurdles to follow his dreams of becoming an astronomer. Using the insights of great mathematicians and endlessly observing the sky, he succeeded in confirming two things that altered human life forever: that there are more galaxies than our own, and that the universe is always expanding....
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As a young girl, Henrietta Leavitt would gaze into the sky wondering about all the secrets it held. How far away were the stars? Was the sky really endless? Henrietta lived at a time when she was one of few girls in her college astronomy class. Later, she was only allowed to deal with routine matters in the observatory where she worked. But Henrietta Leavitt was determined to solved the mysteries of the sky!" - from inside cover flap.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every evening, from the time she was a child, Maria Mitchell stood on her rooftop with her telescope and swept the sky. And then one night she saw something unusual--a comet no one had ever seen before! Miss Mitchell's extraordinary discovery made her famous the world over and paved the way for her to become America's first professional female astronomer."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
"Benjamin Banneker wasn't just a scientist. He was also an author, astronomer, and mathematician. Young readers will discover how this self-taught man came to be one of the first important African American intellectuals."--
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