Reading Stephen Hawking at school : resources for teachers

Riddles Of Time & Space

Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Michael Lent Brian McCarthy

https://www.comixology.com/

Riddles Of Time & Space

Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Michael Lent Brian McCarthy

https://www.comixology.com/

So, Happy Birthday Stephen Hawking ! Yes, today January 8th, we celebrate the birthday of the inspirational scientist.

No! This post is not only about Visual learning & Stephen Hawking. It´s about reading in school.

Riddles Of Time & Space

Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Michael Lent Brian McCarthy

https://www.comixology.com/

Education:

Celebrate the birthday of Stephen Hawking reading fantastic books and e-books in the classroom will be a lovely idea.

Here some irrefutable reading proposals for different targets. I hope so!

• The first one the comic book Stephen Hawking: Riddles Of Time & Space by Michael Lent Brian McCarthy that provide a glimpse into "the man, the myth and the legend,".

Of course you will explore with your students, as you wish. You are the teacher. You know your students. And the skills you want to develop.

Target: Secondary Education

Curricula: Cross-curricular: Languages, Sciences, Arts.

There a possibility of making download from iTunes but it's not free. Available on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. Please read here

• The second one, the children's book by Stephen Hawking George's Secret Key to the Universe written in 2007 with his daughter Lucy. And that makes the book especially endearing. Hawking co-wrote it with his daughter Lucy.

George's Secret Key to the Universe

Lucy & Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Garry Parsons

https://www.garryparsons.co.uk/

Synopsis:

George's best friend Annie needs help. Her scientist father, Eric, is working on a space project - and it's all going wrong. A robot has landed on Mars, but is behaving very oddly. And now Annie has discovered something weird on her dad's super-computer..

In their bestselling book for young readers, noted physicist Stephen Hawking and his daughter, Lucy, provide a grand and funny adventure that explains fascinating information about our universe, including Dr. Hawking's latest ideas about black holes. 

George's Secret Key to the Universe

Lucy & Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Garry Parsons

https://www.garryparsons.co.uk/

It's the story of George, who's taken through the vastness of space by a scientist, his daughter, and their super-computer named Cosmos. George's Secret Key to the Universe was a New York Times bestseller and a selection of Al's Book Club on the Today show.

In 2007, Hawking wrote George’s Secret Key to the Universe, a charming, imaginative story about the mesmerism of space and the allure of time-travel, featuring lovely semi-Sendakian crosshatch illustrations by Garry Parsons. 

George’s Secret Key to the Universe

Lucy & Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Garry Parsons

http://kinderbooks.net/

Once upon a time...

" When George's pet pig breaks through the fence into the yard next door, George meets his neighbors - Annie and her scientist father, Eric - and dicover a secret key that opens up a whole new way of looking at the world. From outer the space. "(...)

Target: Primary Education; K-12.

Curricula: Cross-curricular : Languages, Sciences, Arts.

George’s Secret Key to the Universe

Lucy & Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Garry Parsons

http://www.garryparsons.co.uk/

George's Secret Key to the Universe was written to interest children in Physics and the universe and is an entertaining blend of a fictional story based on Science fact, with factual text boxes explaining the Science throughout. 

On publication in September 2007 contained brand new information about black holes. The book is a global bestseller, with rights sold in over 30 languages. 

George’s Secret Key to the Universe

Lucy & Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Garry Parsons

https://kinderbooks.net/

• Resources : Books online

Students can read a little of George's Secret Key to the Universe online here. Kindle edition here

George and the Unbreakable Code

Lucy & Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Garry Parsons

https://www.garryparsons.co.uk/

There are two other books that complete the scientific saga. As you will hear from Stephen Hawking on the video below. George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt (2008) and third book of the series George and the Big Bang (2009). And the four George and the Unbreakable Code

George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt

Lucy & Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Garry Parsons

https://www.garryparsons.co.uk/

The second book about George has him going on a treasure hunt in space. The second in the series of children's books written by Stephen and Lucy Hawking. George and Annie, the middle-school cosmologists, return in this sequel to the 2007 story, George's Secret Key to the Universe.

George and the Big Bang

Lucy & Stephen Hawking

illustrator: Garry Parsons

https://www.garryparsons.co.uk/

George and the Big Bang, the final volume of the trilogy, brings George’s adventures in the universe to a fitting close. It includes essays by some of world’s most important cosmologists, brilliant illustrations by Garry Parsons, a thrilling plot line and a series of easy to read scientific inserts. 

With a full colour set of photographs, illustrating the wonder of the cosmos, George and the Big Bang, the final volume of the trilogy.

• Other Resources: videos

You can complete the Stephen Hawking's presentation in your lesson, displaying for discussion with your students, the videos below:

Hope Stephen Hawking have a long life ! Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein.

Happy Birthday Stephen Hawking !

G-Souto

08.01.2014
update: 14.03.2018

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