Observatory Director

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CHERRY LAKE Publishing Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Matthew Linke Planetarium Director State Chair Great Lakes Planetarium Association GLPA University of Michigan Museum of Natural History Planetarium Reading Adviser Maria Conn Readability Inc Photo Credits Fever pitched CanStockPhoto cover 1 Omarusja CanStockPhoto 5 OKonstantin Menshikov Shutterstock Images 6 OJoseph Mercier Dreamstime com 9 OPhotos com Thinkstock 10 Mardeviajes com http www flickr com CC BY 2 0 13 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center http www flickr com CC BY 20 15 19 NASA Pat Izzi http www flickr com CC BY 2 0 16 ©Dr Matt Mountain Director Space Telescope Science Institute 21 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Pat Izzo http www flickr com CC BY 2 0 22 NASA MSFC David Higginbotham Emmett Given http www flickr com cC BY 2 0 25 LehaKoK Shutterstock Images 27 ©Monika Wisniewska Shutterstock Images 28 Copyright ©2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Yomtov Nelson author Observatory director Nel Yomtov pages cm Cool STEAM careers Summary Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a space observatory director The book also explains the necessary educational steps useful character traits and daily job tasks related to this career in the framework of the STEAM Science Technology Engineering Art and Math movement Photo a glossary and additional resources are included Provided by publisher Audience Ages 8 12 Audience 4 to 6 Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978 1 63362 008 7 hardcover ISBN 978 1 63362 047 6 pbk ISBN 978 1 63362 086 5 pdf ISBN 978 1 63362 125 1 ebook 1 Astronomy Vocational guidance Juvenile literature 2 Astronomical observatories Employees Juvenile literature 1 Title QB51 5 Y66 2015 522 1068 4 dc23 2014031843 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nel Yomtov is an award winning author of nonfiction books and graphic novels for young readers He lives in the New York City