A “Short” Review: Planet Hunter

May 24, 2010 in Biography, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Monday Review, Science by Roberta | 6 comments

planet hunterTravis Jonker at 100 Scope Notes has given the Nonfiction Monday carnival regulars a challenge to produce a nontraditional book review today.

Planet Hunter: Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths by Vicki Oransky Wittenstein is about a scientist who looks for planets around stars other than our sun. He has made many important finds using innovative techniques, as this video demonstrates.

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Nonfiction Monday is a blogging celebration of nonfiction books for kids. For more information, stop by Picture Book of the Day. This week’s post is at 100 Scope Notes.

The book was supplied by the author (who will now probably ask for it back :-) ).

(For a more traditional review of Planet Hunter, see the previous post. Hey, I had it done already.)

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  1. Anna J.’s avatar

    Anna J. on May 24, 2010 at 9:38 am

    Good for you, to post both . . . twice the reading delight :-) As you know, us librarian/writer folks appreciate plenty of information–so thanks for the great review[s]!

  3. Sarah Campbell’s avatar

    Sarah Campbell on May 24, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    I like this. I think my kids would love to try this. How did you do it?

  4. Roberta’s avatar

    Roberta on May 24, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    Thanks, I like yours too.

  5. Roberta’s avatar

    Roberta on May 24, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    First of all, I have a Macintosh computer.
    I placed my background photos in Adobe Illustrator, where I added the text bubbles, etc. I saved the files “for Web and Devices.” Then I imported the resulting jpegs into iPhoto, added them to an album, and created a slide show. iPhoto allows you to edit the settings and add music. After I got something I liked, I exported and uploaded to Youtube.

    I have also had some success creating a powerpoint presentation and using screen capture software.

    Good luck!

  6. Scope notes’s avatar

    Scope notes on May 24, 2010 at 6:41 pm

    Now this is a nontraditional review! I had great fun reading/watching. Thanks for taking part.