Mission: Save the Planet: 10 Steps Any Kid Can Take to Help Save the Planet

by Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy

PRACTICAL STEPS TO SAVE THE PLANET

A how-to companion packed with simple things kids can do to have an impact.

From simple measures like turning off the water while you brush your teeth, to bigger challenges like MAKING SOME NOISE in the larger community, this simple guide helps lay a conceptual foundation for kids to become responsible energy consumers in the years to come.

64 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2009

About the author

Dr. Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951–July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). Ride remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32. After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987.

Ride worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle disasters, the only person to participate in both. Ride died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012.

Reviews

[Molly Cluff (Library!) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very basic, unintimidating guide to helping kids become involved with climate activism. Most of this book is a workbook for kids to fill out, so it isn't the best fit for a public library, but I still like the information provided

[Stream Academy Lending Library]

This book was generously donated to STREAM Academy by Westinghouse Electric Company & the Girls, Math & Science Partnership.