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The Right Ratio of Rest: Proportional Reasoning©

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Books

Gray, Shirley:  Sleeping to Stay Healthy.  Child’s World, 2003, ISBN:  1592960804.

Riha, Susanne:  Animals at Rest:  Sleeping Patterns and Habitats.  Blackbirch Press, 1999, ISBN:  1567114253.

Romanek, Trudee:  Zzz. . . :  The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read about Sleep.  Kids Can Press, 2002, ISBN:  1550749463.

Silverstein, Alvin:  Sleep.  Scholastic Library Publishing, 2000, ISBN:  0531116360.

Simpson, Carolyn:  Coping with Sleep Disorders.  Rosen Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN:  0823920682. 

Thorpy, Michael J.:  Sleeping Well:  The Sourcebook for Sleep and Sleep Disorders.  Checkmark Books, 2001, ISBN:  0816040907.

Web Sites

NASA’s Office of Physical and Biological Research
http://spaceresearch.nasa.gov

NASA Office of Bioastronautics
http://slsd.jsc.nasa.gov/bioastronautics/

Science@NASA
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/spacesleep/index.html

NASA Neurolab
http://neurolab.jsc.gov

NASA Neurolab On-Line
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron

NASA Planet Lithographs
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/...

NASA Technology Portal
http://nasatechnology.nasa.gov

National Institute of Health
http://www.nih.gov

National Space Biomedical Research Institute
http://www.nsbri.org

National Space Biomedical Research Institute Materials for Middle School Teachers
http://www.nsbri.org/Education/Mid_Act.html

Vanderbilt Center for Space Physiology and Medicine
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/space/

National Council Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org

Figure This!
Offers Mathematics Challenges that middle school students can do at home with their families to emphasize the importance of a high-quality mathematics education for all.
http://www.figurethis.org

Engineer Girl
Part of the National Academy of Engineering’s Celebration of Women in the Engineering project. The project brings national attention to the opportunity that engineering represents to people of all ages, but particularly to women and girls.
http://www.engineergirl.org


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