Electronic Time for Learning: Stars and Planets

Electronic Time for Learning: Stars and Planets is an electronic sound book that teaches readers about the solar system through enlightening text, colorful photos and diagrams, audio descriptions, and interactive quizzes. Aimed at children ages seven to ten, this hardcover book unlocks the mysteries of the universe from the sun to the stars to the countless galaxies.
Each chapter is packed with facts that are focused on an astronomical topic. To hear audio descriptions related to a topic, readers enter three-digit codes found on the book s pages into an attached keypad. For example, they can enter a code to hear a narrator define a star, listen to details about Uranus s rings, and hear information on planetary atmospheres.
Each chapter in Electronic Time for Learning: Stars and Planets concludes with a Chapter Review quiz that enhances learning, with questions ranging from What causes a solar eclipse? to How many moons orbit Venus? To answer the multiple-choice questions, simply enter the question code, listen to the question, and enter the one-digit number that corresponds with your answer. If you answer incorrectly, you'll be prompted to try again.
Electronic Time for Learning: Stars and Planets is an entertaining way to explore the stars and planets through sights and sounds. Readers will find a universe of information in these topics:
A history of astronomy
The stars
The sun
Our planetary family
The moons in our planetary family
Fascinating small objects in our solar system
The incalculable number of galaxies
The Milky Way
Space exploration