Book One
When We Look Up
“Perspective Begins by Looking Up.” An inviting first step into the night sky — the stars overhead, what makes them shine, and how to start recognising what you're looking at.
For beginnersNight-sky guide
Books · Podcast · Videos · Live evenings
Look up.
Understand what you see.
Retired teacher and author Tim Stephenson turns a lifetime of teaching astronomy into books, conversations, and evenings under the real sky — written for curious readers, not just scientists.
The Books
Start with the series. Stay for the story.
By Tim Stephenson — someone who hasn't actually been there. Three books that build on each other — from looking up and getting your bearings, to the people who first figured out how the heavens move, to the Moon we see every month. Plus a fourth book about life beyond the classroom.
Book Two
And Yet It Moves
The history of our understanding, told as a human story: Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler — the thinkers who dared to move Earth from the centre and reimagine the heavens.
History of scienceStory-driven
Book Three
More Than Moonlight
Our familiar neighbour, up close. A close look at the world we know best after Earth — its phases, craters, seas, and why it still rewards anyone who takes time to really look.
Observe it yourselfAll ages
Also by Tim Stephenson
Beyond the Classroom
“Motivating Teachers. Rethinking Education.” A separate book from the series — drawn from a career in education, for teachers, former students, and anyone who remembers a classroom that changed them.
StandaloneEducation
From Beyond the Classroom
“All my life, I’ve been doing my best to be observant of both the spoken word and the unspoken example, and because I had really thought through my true areas of passion, teaching for me became a mission. It was a mission to bring awareness to my students and anyone else that would listen, an education through which was woven the patterns and themes of space and climate. And it changed my career. I truly want this to happen to you too!”
These are your real covers for all four books. Each “Buy on Amazon.ca” button goes to Tim Stephenson’s Amazon author page — amazon.ca/stores/author/B08W4MT5SX — where readers can find the books in one place.
Tim Stephenson on Amazon.caBrowse and buy the books from Tim’s official Amazon author page.
Visit the Amazon author page →
Not sure where to start?
Pick a curiosity
Watch & Listen
The classroom, wherever you are
Video resources for space enthusiasts — particularly teachers — plus podcast conversations. Same idea as the books: take something vast, and make it feel close and understandable.
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YouTube · Confirmed channel
Science360 — Beyond the Sky
A place of video resources for space enthusiasts — but particularly for teachers. Made for teachers who want to teach about space, and for anyone who wants to watch first, then head outside and try it themselves.
Visit the channel on YouTube →youtube.com/@science360-beyondthesky6
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Spreaker · Podcast
Science 360
Are you a science teacher seeking inspiration? Whether it's space, the climate, chemistry, biology, physics or educational theories, Science 360 explores science from all angles — with guests whose knowledge becomes yours, and ultimately your students'.
Listen on Spreaker →spreaker.com/podcast/science-360--4296700
Most popular on the channel
Start with the videos viewers return to most. Each title opens the channel, where you can find it in the video library.
Ptolemy's Geocentric Model33K views · Most popular
Calculating the Distance to the Moon4.7K views
Nicholas Copernicus — Heliocentric Model3.5K views
There is no place like home! — Tim Stephenson · TEDxLangleyED2.5K views
Characteristics of the Sun — Part 1 of 92.4K views
Video series that match the books
The channel is organised the same way as the series — watch a chapter, read a chapter.
Matches Book One · When We Look Up
The Sun & Solar System
A 9-part series beginning with Characteristics of the Sun — the foundations for looking up with understanding.
Matches Book Two · And Yet It Moves
The History Series
Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Hubble and Einstein — the people who changed how we see our place in the universe.
Matches Book Three · More Than Moonlight
The Moon Series
A 5-part Moon series, including Calculating the Distance to the Moon — our nearest neighbour, measured and understood.
New here? Start with the MoonMore Than Moonlight (Book Three) + a clear night
Teaching or homeschooling?And Yet It Moves (Book Two) pairs well with discussion
Want it live?An Evening of Astronomy — next: Tue, Jan 12, 2027 · Register via Fraser Valley Continuing Education below
In Person · Fraser Valley Continuing Education
An Evening of Astronomy
Tim's live presentation through Fraser Valley Continuing Education — Beyond the Sky: The Known Universe, an epic journey through what we understand about the cosmos and the vast mysteries that still await. A small, friendly evening for people who've always meant to learn the sky. No experience needed, no test at the end. Just curiosity, clear explanations, and time to ask questions.
Tue, Jan 12, 2027Next evening · 7pm – 9pm
$29.99Buy 1 ticket, bring a student aged 18 or younger free
Credo Christian High School21846 52 Ave, Langley
For all levelsBeginners especially welcome · 10–15 people
All upcoming evenings · 7pm – 9pm · Credo Christian High School, Langley
- Tuesday, January 12, 2027
- Tuesday, March 9, 2027
- Tuesday, May 18, 2027
No two classes are the same — pick your date when you register.
fraservalleycontinuingeducation.ca/product/beyond-the-sky/
About
About Tim Stephenson
Teacher first. Author because the lessons were too good to leave in the classroom.
“Most people have looked up a thousand times. I'm interested in the moment someone looks up — and actually understands what they're seeing.”
- Retired teacher & lifelong educator — now writing and presenting full-time on astronomy and learning.
- Author of the three-book Lessons from Space series — When We Look Up, And Yet It Moves, and More Than Moonlight — and Beyond the Classroom.
- Host of An Evening of Astronomy through Fraser Valley Continuing Education.
- Also at UBC — Faculty Associate work supporting teacher education.
- Based in the Fraser Valley, BC — writing, teaching, and looking up from Aldergrove.
Tim, holding Beyond the Classroom. A short contact / speaking enquiry link will be added here in the final version.
For Tim — deciding on this draft
Like the direction? Here's what finishes it.
This draft now uses your real covers for all four books — including Beyond the Classroom, with a quote from it featured under the books — and links every book to your Amazon.ca author page. Your photo is in the About section too. The Evening of Astronomy registration is now linked as well — to Fraser Valley Continuing Education's Beyond the Sky page, with the upcoming dates, venue, and $29.99 ticket details in the Evenings section above. Nothing here is live at lessonsfromspace.ca yet — it's a preview for you to approve, tweak, or reject. To turn it into the real site, I just need the items below. No Wix password needed if we build it directly; if you prefer Wix, you'd sign in there and I'd build inside your account.
Content I need from you
- ✓ Amazon author page — linked Every book above now links to your Amazon.ca author page; individual per-book links can swap in later if you’d prefer them
- ✓ Real book covers — received for all four books, including Beyond the Classroom, and now used above — with a quote from the book featured under the books
- ✓ YouTube — linked Science360 - Beyond the Sky is now linked, with your most popular videos featured
- ✓ Podcast — linked Science 360 on Spreaker is now linked above
- ✓ A photo of you — received and now used in the About section; any bio tweaks still welcome
- ✓ Evening of Astronomy — registration linked Fraser Valley Continuing Education (Beyond the Sky) is now linked from the Evenings section, with upcoming dates — Tue, Jan 12, Mar 9 & May 18, 2027, 7–9pm at Credo Christian High School, Langley — $29.99, bring a student aged 18 or younger free
Your two routes to live
- Built directly (recommended) — I finish this design and point lessonsfromspace.ca at it. Fastest, most polished. Changes go through me.
- On Wix — same content rebuilt in Wix so you can edit it yourself in their editor afterwards. Slower to build, easier for you to tweak solo.
- Either way — you keep owning the domain; nothing changes until you say go.