FOR ALL READERS

**Vermilion Sunrise Discussion Questions: suggested discussion questions can be found HERE. 


​​**The "Science Behind the Science Fiction" page on this website (direct link HERE) has research, articles, and videos on the following topics:

• ​time dilation
• astrobiology
• solar sail propulsion
• exoplanets
• Epsilon Eridani the star (including star classifications)
• the Epsilon Eridani system
• orbits (including synchronous tidal locking and orbital resonance).

FOR EDUCATORS

**Science/English Interactive HyperDoc Assignment: go to this LINK​ to view the slides. (Or here's a PDF LINK for a pdf copy of the slides.) The interactive assignment, which culminates in project-based learning, uses Vermilion Sunrise as a summer reading book for English & Physics/Intro to Physical Sciences courses. (Note: the bottom part of Slide #2 lists several ways in which the assignment can be adapted for other uses, including independent reading, connecting with different science classes, etc.)

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**The Benefits of using YA Science Fiction as part of a STEM or STEAM curriculum: A one-page outline can be found HERE. (It includes general curricular benefits, plus benefits specific to English and science classes.)​​

RESOURCES REFERENCED IN MY PRESENTATION AT THE LOUISVILLE BOOK FESTIVAL ON NOV. 11, 2023: "Celebrating the Night: Sci-fi Writing & the Dark Sky Movement"

• DarkSky International: The main link can be found HERE.
• The National Park Service's Junior Ranger Night Explorers program: link is HERE.
• A document with links to other resources referenced in the presentation can be found HERE.