Sources & Resources for Wonder Rotunda Learning Adventures
The following is a list of the sources and resources used in creating the adventures of the Wonder Rotunda. A wide variety of books, websites and official government sources were used to develop the scripts. The Serengeti, Great Barrier Reef, Kangaroo Island and Rain Forest adventures were based at least in part on personal visits and information supplied by on location park rangers and guides. Government archived material from the Apollo program were invaluable in writing the script for the Apollo 11 adventure.
Also see our listing of Museums and Places To Visit with Kids which can be used to further discover topics explored at the Wonder Rotunda.
Sources and Resources for the Planet Earth Climate Expedition
The website of the North Pole Environmental Observatory, operating by Dr. James Morrison, University of Washington. Detailed information is provided at the site on the activities of the researchers.
The website of The National Science Foundation, a major sponsor of the North Pole Environmental Observatory research programs
NASA website, Goddard Space Flight Center (ice albedo)
The website, Window of the Universe, operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a consortium of universities and the National Science Foundation.
The website of the World Glacier Monitoring Service
The website of the World Bank. (impact of melting mountain glaciers on Andean region)
The website of the United Nations Environmental Program
The website of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Geopark.
Earth Under Fire, How Global Warming is Changing the World, Gary Braasch, University of California Press, 2007
The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia, Kingfisher Publications 2006
Facts about the Greenhouse Effect, Polar Ice Melt and Your Carbon Foot Print from the Climate Change Expedition
Sources and Resources for the Great Barrier Reef Adventure
The Marine Discovery website, University of Arizona.
Website of the Australian Government, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Website of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources (Green Sea Turtles)
Encyclopedia of the Aquatic World, by Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2004
Encyclopedia of the Earth website.
Website of the World Resources Institute (coral bleaching)
The website of the Australian Museum.
The Great Barrier Reef Illustrated Traveler’s Companion, National Book Distributors, Australia, 1994. (Maori Wrasse)
The American Cetacean Society website
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology
The marine website of James Cook University, Australia.
The Encyclopedia of Animals, University of California Press, 2004
This Is My Planet, The Kid’s Guide To Global Warming, Jan Thornhill, Maple Tree Press, 2007
Website of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (polar bears on threatened list)
Who at all the Algae, Using Phytoplankton to Trap Carbon Dioxide Faces a Snag, The Economist, March 26, 2009
Shrinking Ice Threatens Penguin Species, San Diego Union-Tribune, December 11, 2008.
Brown Clouds Contribute to Himalaya Glacier Melt, National Geographic News, April 1, 2007
Guides at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park were also helpful in preparing this material.
Facts about Corals and other Marine Life from the Great Barrier Reef Adventure
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Sources and Resources for the Serengeti Safari Adventure
The official website of Serengeti National Park
The website of Tanzania National Park.
Website of the African Wildlife Federation.
The website of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The website of UNESCO
Lioncrusher’s Domain website
The website of the Zoological Society of London.
Website of eballoons (hot air balloons)
The website of the San Diego Zoo
The Encyclopedia of Animals, University of California Press, 2004
The Serengeti Migration, Africa’s Animals on the Move, Lisa Linblad, Hyperion Press, 1994
Guides of Serengeti National Park were also helpful in preparing this material.
Facts about African Animal Life from the Serengeti Safari Adventure
Sources and Resources for the Digestive System Adventure
The Tongue Map: Tasteless Myth Debunked, Live Science, August 2006
Science Behind Mysterious Fifth Taste Revealed, Wire Science, December 22, 2008
The First Human Body Encyclopedia, DK Publishing 2005.
KidsHealth, the website of the Nemours Foundation for Children’s Health.
The website of the Mayo Clinic
The Healthiest Kids in the Neighborhood by William Sears M.D., Martha Sears M.D., James Sears, M.D. and Robert Sears, M.D., Little Brown, 2006
The Human Body Book, DK Publishing, 2007.
The website of the American Academy of Head and Neck Surgery.
The website of the National Cancer Institute.
The website of St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri
The website of New York Presbyterian Children’s Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center.
National Institute for Public Health, Belgium
Facts about the Organs and Process of Digestion from the Digestive System Adventure
Sources and Resources for Healthy Eating Super Coaster
The website, MyPyramid.com, U.S. Department of Agriculture
The website of the Harvard School of Public Health.
The Healthiest Kids in the Neighborhood by William Sears M.D., Martha Sears M.D., James Sears, M.D. and Robert Sears, M.D., Little Brown, 2006
Facts about Nutrition from the Healthy Eating--Super Coaster
Sources and Resources the Apollo 11 - Mission to the Moon Adventure
We used the official NASA website to help prepare this information. In particular we used the official press kit, transcripts, journals and flight logs from the Apollo 11 Mission, which are all available on the NASA website. NASA materials on the web about the planets, space exploration missions, comets, asteroids, the Milky Way Galaxy and the Universe were a primary resource for the information provided here on these topics. NASA’s website is a wonderful place to learn more about space and space exploration.
Facts about the Solar System and Man's Journey to the Moon from the Apollo 11--Mission to the Moon Adventure
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Sources and Resources Rainforest Zip-Line Adventure
Rainforest Layers, website of the California Institute of Technology, Space Radiation Lab
Earth Under Fire, How Global Warming is Changing the World, Gary Braasch, University of California Press, 2007
The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia, Kingfisher Publications 2006
Nation Master.com Encyclopedia
The website of the St Louis Zoo.
The website, Big Cats on Line.
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology
The Encyclopedia of Animals, University of California Press, 2004
Mongabay.com
This Is My Planet, The Kid’s Guide To Global Warming, Jan Thornhill, Maple Tree Press, 2007
Facts About Rainforest Layers, Animals & Conservation from the Rainforest Zip-Line Adventure
Sources and Resources for the Kangaroo Island Moonlight Adventure
Website of the Government of South Australia, Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Website of the Government of New South Wales, Department of the Environment and Climate.
The Encyclopedia of Animals, University of California Press, 2004
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology
Guide, Parks of Kangaroo Island, National Parks and Wildlife, South Australia, March 2007
Guides at several parks on Kangaroo Island, including Flinders Chase National Park, were extremely helpful to the author of this material
Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania, Nature Branch, Fairy Penguins Profile, 2003
Facts about Marsupials from the Kangaroo Island Adventure
Facts about Sea Lions from the Kangaroo Island Adventure
Facts about Little Blue Penguins from the Kangaroo Island Adventure
Facts about the Platypus from the Kangaroo Island Adventure
Sources and Resources for You’re the Star Movie Adventure
Good Scripts, Bad Scripts, by Thomas Pope, Three Rivers Press, 1998
Film Production, The Complete Guide to Independent Film Making, Greg Merritt, Lone Eagle Press, 1998.
Making Movies, Sidney Lumet, Vintage Press, 1995
The Independent Film and Video Maker’s Guide, 2nd Edition, Michael Wiese, 1998
Facts about Film Making from the You're the Star Movie Adventure
Sources and Resources for the American Government Adventure
The website of the Architect of the U.S. Capitol
The website of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior (monuments)
The website of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
The website of the House of Representatives
The website of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
The website of the United States Senate
The website of the Government Printing Office, Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government
The website of the White House, Executive Office of the President
The website of the White House Historical Association
The website of the National Archives
The website of the Library of Congress
The website of the U.S. Supreme Court
The website of the Smithsonian Institution
United States History to 1877, Klose and Jones, Barrons College Series, 1994
A Kid’s Guide to Washington D.C., Diane Clark, Harcourt, 2008
U.S. Capitol tour guides were helpful in preparing this material
Facts about the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, and Washington DC from the American Government Adventure
Sources and Resources for the Our World Adventure
An Insider’s Guide to the UN, Linda Fasulo, Yale University Press, 2004
Responsibilities and Roles, The Security Council, Ida Walker, Mason Crest Publishers, 2007
The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman, Ferrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2005
In Defense of Globalization, Bhagwati, Oxford University Press, 2004
Globalization and It’s Discontents, Stiglitz, Norton, 2003
The website of UNESCO
The website of the U.S. State Department
The website of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations
The website of UN Peace Keeping Operations.
The website of the World Bank.
The website of the World Trade Organization.
The website of the the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The website of the International Court of Justice.
The website of UNESCO.
The website of the United Nations
The website of the UN Central Emergency Response Fund
The website of the UN World Food Program
The websites of the World Health Organization
The website of UNICEF
Facts about the United Nations from the Our World Adventure
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Sources and Resources for the You're in Business--Big Smoothie Adventure
Website of the U.S. Department of State.
Website of the U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Website of the Department of the Treasury
Website of the U.S. Mint
Website of the Federal Reserve Board
Website of the U.S. Secret Service
Website of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Robin Hood Was Right, A Guide to Giving and Social Change, Collins and Rogers, Norton, 2000.
Barron’s Money Sense for Kids, Harman, Barrons, 1999.
Facts About Money & Business from the Big Smoothie Adventure
Sources and Resources for Symphony Orchestra Adventure
The NPR Listener’s Encyclopedia of Classical Music, Ted Libbey, Workman, 2006
The Story of the Orchestra, Robert Levine, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2001
Your Musical Child, Inspiring Kids to Play and Sing for Keeps, Jessica Turner, Stringletter Publishing, 2004
The NPR Classical Music Companion, Houghton Mifflin, 1997
Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, Music History as it Ought to be Taught, Barber, Sound & Vision, 1996
Facts about Instruments, Orchestras & Composers from the Symphony Orchestra Adventure
Sources and Resources for the Make A Difference Adventure
Robin Hood Was Right, A Guide to Giving and Social Change, Collins and Rogers, Norton, 2000.
Teens with the Courage to Give, Waldman, Conari Press, 2000
Millennials Rising, The Next Great Generation, Howe & Simon, Vintage Books, 2000
Website of the United Nations
Website of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Website of the National Science Foundation
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