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to view photos. 1999 October 9, 1999, My first ever autographing was at the Alabama Theater Bookstop in Houston. Photo by Karen Spencer. October 10, 1999. Signing books at my home-town store, Jeremy's Books & Toys in Clear Lake/Houston. Photo by Dyson. October 23, 1999. Visiting future astronaut Alexander Alam at Barnes & Noble's Galleria store in Houston. Photo by Sandra Alam. November 11, 1999. Explaining how to weigh a weightless rat at Hyde Elementary in League City, TX. Photo by Amber Maple. November 15, 1999. Showing students at Parker Williams Library in Houston how to make a robotic hand. Photo by Librarian Holly Koile. 2000 January 12, 2000. Melanie Chrismer, of Blue Willow book store, with illustrator Ashley Wolffe, and author Marianne Dyson at a book signing. May 17, 2000. Librarian Carol Carmack is all smiles during Marianne's visit to her home town library in Canton, Ohio. May 18, 2000. The well-behaved students of Sauder Elementary in Canton, Ohio. May 18, 2000. Students learn about space at Amherst Elementary in Massillion, Ohio. May 18, 2000. Cousin Joel and his wife Lisa and Aunt Shirley attend a signing at Borders book store in Canton, Ohio. May 19, 2000. About 500 students at Jackson Middle School in Ohio heard Marianne speak. May 22, 2000. A Space Station Science workshop at Taft Middle School in Canton, Ohio. May 23, 2000. Marianne shares space activity ideas with NASA Glenn employees in Cleveland, Ohio. May 26, 2000. Patrons at the Tucson Public Library hear about space. September 19, 2000. Students at River Oaks Baptist School in Houston learn about space. October 4, 2000. Students at Canterbury School in Midlothian, Texas know all about ISS. October 5, 2000. Planetarium directors hear Marianne at a conference in Dallas, Texas. October 24, 2000. Marianne explains how to find ideas to gifted fourth-graders in Baytown, Texas. 2001 February 9, 2001. Marianne models a home-made space suit during a Space Station Educators' Conference. February 23, 2001. Upper: Patrons of Sherman, Texas Public Library stop by to chat with Marianne. Lower: Marianne poses with Library staff and volunteers. February 24, 2001. Marianne autographs books after a talk at Dillingham Middle School in Sherman, Texas. February 28, 2001. The Expedition 2 crew talk about their upcoming mission at a press conference at JSC which Marianne attended. March 2, 2001. Students of 29 Palms, CA Elementary learn about the space station. March 3, 2001. Students of Palm Vista Elementary in 29 Palms, CA watch Marianne's space science demonstrations. March 21, 2001. Students at Saudlersville Elementary in Stevensville, MD learn about the space station, and then Ms. Vooris's class enjoys a simulated launch during a workshop. March 21, 2001. Kennard Elementary fourth-grader Nikki Trott practices her speech which was taped for BookTV (on C-SPAN2 on April 21) while Jake Franklin (who flipped the overheads) watches. Note the cool artwork prepared by the students for the show. March 21, 2001. Mr. Fisher's fourth-grade class at Kennard Elementary in Centreville, MD experiences a simluated shuttle launch. March 21, 2001. Marianne poses with the people who made her visit to Kennard Elementary in Centreville, MD possible: Mary Margaret, Jake Franklin, Ms. Franklin, Nikki Trott, and Mr. Fisher. March 22, 2001. Homeschoolers learn about space at the Queen Anne's County Free Library in Centreville, MD. March 22, 2001. Patrons of the Kent Island branch library learn about the International Space Station. April 1, 2001. Families enjoying Astronomy Day at the Hudson River Museum listen to Marianne explain about fire in space. April 1, 2001. Marianne Dyson finally earns her aerospace badge along with the troops in Scarsdale, New York. Monica Reynolds and Mary Ellis, shown in lower photo, arranged the visit. April 20, 2001. Watch out, Buffy! Marianne receives her brown belt in Kuk Sool Won from Kwan Jang Nym Harmon. She even broke a 3/4" piece of plywood with a spin kick! April 25, 2001. Three views of students at Beth Yeshurun School in Houston, Texas. May 4, 2001. Fourth graders at Sienna Crossing Elementary in Sugarland, Texas. More Sienna Crossing students And
even more Sienna Crossing students. Note, photos from different angles are mushed together in these views, so some students appear twice!
May 12, 2001. Marianne (far left) joins other writers of the SCBWI Houston chapter, one of the sponsors of Kidfest. May 16, 2001. Students at Brazos Bend Elementary and a photo of the display created by librarian Jackie Elliot using posters and pictures provided by Marianne. May 22, 2001. Three class groups at Bear Creek Elementary in Katy, Texas learn about space during an author visit. May 26, 2001. Parents and kids in Albuquerque, NM attend Marianne's space station presentation at the community center next to the Erna Ferguson library (top photo) and at the Albuquerque Main Library (bottom photo). October 4, 2001. Students of West University Elementary learn about space: 3rd grade (top photo), 5th grade (middle photo), 4th grade (bottom photo). October 20, 2001. Teachers at UH-CL hear my keynote address about using space to motivate kids to read because they want to instead of because they have to. November 7, 2001. Moore, Oklahoma, Plaza Towers Elementary grades 1-2,(top photo), 3-4 (middle photo), 5-6 (bottom photo). Plaza Towers helpers with teacher Dawn Hubbard in background. November 8, 2001. Moore, Oklahoma, Broadmoore Elementary grades K-1,(top photo), K-2 (bottom photo). Broadmoore grades 3-4 (top), 5-6 (bottom) and
Janice West's class pose with me in front of their classroom shuttle at Broadmoore Elementary (top photo), and space essay winners with me (bottom photo). November 17, 2001. I was a featured author at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas. The authors were invited to breakfast at the Governor's mansion. Pictured is fellow National Geographic author Rosalind Schanzar, National Geographic Children's Books (formerly of Scholastic where she edited Space Station Science) editor Nancy Feresten, and me. Note Texas Governor Rick Perry in the background in the striped shirt! November 17, 2001. One of the featured authors, Marianne Dyson, in front of the Texas Capital building during the Texas Book Festival. November 17, 2001. The Texas Book Festival was held inside the Capital in plush chambers. Here is a picture taken during the panel on children's nonfiction, moderated by Betty Carter. Panelists are authors Kathi Appelt, Stuart Murphy, and myself. 2002 January 15 and 17, 2002. I had a great two days of visits at Ferguson Elementary in League City, Texas thanks to the Scholastic Book Fair sharing the cost with the school. Can you find Librarian Gary Brown in the back? More classes at Ferguson
And, even more: classes at Ferguson January 23, 2002. The after-school program at Spring Branch Middle School in Texas heard all about space. February 6, 2002. I don't usually wear this much make-up! (Supposedly, it didn't look this bad under the bright TV lights...) Professor Jean Dreher, Teacher Charlie Pearce, and myself were the "expert" guests on the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) educational TV show discussion about nonfiction. More information about RIF is available on their website: www.rifnet.org. February 20, 2002. Group 1 at Meadow Wood Elementary in Houston, Texas were eager to learn more about space.Group 2 at Meadow WoodGroup 3 at Meadow Wood October 15-19, 2002. National Space Society Directors Jim Plaxco, Larry Ahearn, Bruce Mackenzie, and me were some of the volunteers at the NSS booth at the World Space Congress (WSC) in Houston. While there, I ran into my old boss, "Failure is not an option" Flight Director Gene Kranz. I also met up with several scientists I interviewed for HOME ON THE MOON and showed them the book jacket. One was geologist G. Jeffrey Taylor. Another was lunar scientist Paul Spudis who debated Mars Society President Robert Zubrin on whether or not we should return to the Moon or go to Mars next. The audience voted, and the Moon won, though I must admit, I voted for Mars because I want to go to both! October 28, 2002. Top photo are 4th and 5th grades, and bottom photo is 3rd grade at Cedar Creek Elementary in Austin, Texas. Writers workshop with 11, 3-5th grade boys. October 29, 2002. Top photo is 1st grade, middle is Kingergarten, and bottom is 2nd grade at Cedar Creek. Space workshop with 9, K-2 students. Top photo is launch, bottom is landing. In between (not shown) was a trip to the moon! November 19, 2002. 6th graders at Saint Francis Episcopal Day School in Houston, Texas. November 21, 2002. This is my neighborhood school, Clear Lake City Elementary in Houston, Texas. See three more groups of Clear Lake kids. Look for librarian Kathy Johnson in the middle photo. She is also my Kuk Sool Won Martial Arts practice partner! December 9, 2002. First 2 groups of Miller Intermediate School students in Houston, Texas. Two more groups at Miller. 2003 January 17, 2003. 5th (top photo), 4th (middle photo), and 3rd (bottom photo) graders at Bang Elementary in Houston, Texas. February 3, 2003. Me at the Johnson Space Center Memorial for the Columbia and her crew. More images are on my Remember Columbia page. April 19, 2003. Two views of the audience at Webster Barnes & Noble Author of the Month event. A demo of the phases of the moon with volunteers Dr. Vanderpool (a.k.a. Atlas holding the world), Lynne Phillips (moon maiden), and Bob Mitchell (the sun). More people & the cake. Two photos of me, one speakingand one signing books. May 1-2, 2003. Media Specialist Extraordinaire "KK" hosted me at Chets Creek Elementary in Jacksonville, FL. Here are 3 photos of students at my first Home on the Moon school presentations, plus more students. They painted a Mission Control mural for this former flight controller. The entrance was amazing! We all had fun with the size of Jupiter demonstration, the Earth-Moon distance demonstration, the weight of Earth vs. moon eggs, thinking about riding on an Apollo 16 rover, and looking at the east "sideways" moon. Another photo of great kids. The last group on Friday even sang me a space song! It was the best visit an author could ever want! May 23, 2003. The daughters of NASA Ames employees - future lunar pioneers - joined me in the Ames cafeteria (in San Jose, CA) for a book signing hosted by Hicklebees. May 27, 2003. The third-grade students at Francone Elementary in Houston learned how big Jupiter is (top photo) and why we see only one side of the moon (bottom photo). June 4, 2003. A surprise crowd of over 50 people attended my appearance at Northwest Library in Cypress (north of Houston). Special thanks go to librarian Diane Kelly standing at left in the photo. Reporter Jason King covered the event for the 1960 Sun newspaper. July 20, 2003. Visitors to the Champion's Barnes & Noble on FM 1960 north of Houston celebrate the 34th anniversary of Apollo 11's landing with me. October 20, 2003. Students at Oak Forest Elementary in Houston learn how big Jupiter's biggest moon is. If you want to volunteer, raise your hand! October 23, 2003. I met lots of future astronauts at Greenwood Elementary in Colorado. One even knew the name of the Solar System's largest moon! (Do you?!) See some of these excellent students in the following: Photo B (Scale model of Earth) Photos C-D (Earth and Mars compared) Photos E-F (fluid shifts in weightlessness) Photo G (position of new moon) Photo H (future flight controller runs the PowerPoint show). October 24, 2003. I have never seen a cooler science classroom than the one at Cherry Hills Village Elementary near Denver, Colorado. Even the kindergarten kids understood the phases of the moon (but needed a little help turning on the "sun")! Photo B, Photo 4, Photo 5. Some fifth graders joined me for a writing/science workshop in the afternoon. They wrote their bios and did interviews, then solved some problems encountered on their missions to the Apollo landing sites. Workshop Photo A, Workshop Photo B, Workshop Photo 6, Workshop Photo 8, Workshop Photo 9. October 24, 2003. Speakers and organizers of the National Space Society panel discussion pose for a photo at the Milehicon science fiction convention in Denver, Colorado. October 25, 2003. Denver Post "kid" reporter Luke a.k.a. "Skywalker" introduced me at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. He also interviewed me for an article in the Colorado Kids Section. Watch for his byline in future articles! After the talk, I signed books for fans. November 2003. After a tour of NASA's "kitchen" at Johnson Space Center, I enjoyed a space drink (and space lunch - I liked the smoked almonds best). Photo by fellow author Carmen Bredeson. A high resolution copy of this photo is available, and will appear in a cookbook by Sharon McElmeel. 2004 January 17, 2004. I volunteered to help staff (and recruited new members to) the Mars Society of Houston booth at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. January 30, 2004. Bang Elementary students learn about the moon and participate in demonstrations showing why we only see the near side.
March 11, 2004. Here I am with Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. The occassion was the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) banquet. I wrote the program book, including Mr. Armstrong's profile, for the event. April 26, 2004. I did four presentations at the Iroquois Community School in Des Plaines, Illinois, near Chicago. Pictured here are the 4th and 5th graders. April 27, 2004. Students receive a prelaunch briefing before going on a space writing adventure during workshops at the Iroquois Community School. The library was set up with a launch/landing area of 24 chairs with supply bags donated by The Boeing Company. Another area included a set of tables that served as the space station and then as landing sites on the moon. The students laid on the floor for launch. They made robotic hands on the station, and then picked landing sites using moon maps donated by the Lunar Planetary Institute. They used a special scale to find their moon weight. They drew and described artifacts found on the moon. The gravity detector showed they had returned to Earth. July 20, 2004. Thanks to Lynne Phillips, USS Hornet Museum Project Director pictured here with me on the deck, I spent two days participating in the celebration of the 35th anniversary of Apollo 11 in Alameda, CA. I was interviewed for CNN Headline News by Jack Hanson. I toured the carrier deck, the "island," and sat in the chair of the air boss, and captain! The Hornet was the recovery ship for Apollo 11 and 12. October 2, 2004. During a book signing event at the Webster, Texas Barnes & Noble, I demonstrated that weightlessness in space is caused by falling. November 10, 2004. Here are some photos of the future astronauts and space scientists at Horizon Elementary in Madison, Alabama during my author visit there. November 11, 2004. Writers (and new friends) are everywhere! Members of the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators in the Huntsville, Alabama area kindly hosted a potluck dinner for me while I was in town. A special thanks to hostess Tracy McMahon (2nd row far right) and celebrity (not me, her!) tour guide Hester Bass (2nd row, far left). |
