| for the middle years |
| Call No. |
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| 061393 |
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Gidwitz, Tom. Story in the Stone: The Formation of a Tropical Land Bridge. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2001.
An exploration of the Isthmus of Panama and how this land area changed the shape of the world millions of years ago. Follows paleontologists in looking at different layers of the Earth, examining the fossils therein, and explaining concepts like plate tectonics and extinction.
Gr. 5-9. |
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| 071102 |
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Frahm, Randy. Lakes: Timeless Reservoirs. Mankato, Minn.: Creative Education, 2003.
Well-written, informative essays provide an overview of lakes, including their formation, life span, inhabitants, uses, and ecology. The book also includes experiments to help readers visualize important lake-related concepts.
Gr. 3-5. |
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| 191088 |
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Dash, Joan. The Longitude Prize. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
By the start of the 18th century, many thousands of sailors had perished at sea because their captains had no way of knowing where they were. So Britain's Parliament offered a prize to anyone who could find a method for determining longitude at sea. This is the story of a village carpenter who overcame many obstacles to prove that his method would work.
Gr. 4-8.
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| 271204 |
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Johnson, Sylvia A. Mapping the World. New York: Atheneum Books, 1999.
A beautiful and informative book which traces the history of mapping-from the earliest versions on clay tablets up through today's hi-tech solar system mapping projects.
Gr. 4-6. |
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| 271337 |
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Ride, Sally and Tam O'Shaughnessy. The Mystery of Mars. New York: Crown, 1999.
With its thin atmosphere, rocky canyons, extinct volcanoes, and icy polar regions, Mars has many things in common with Earth--and may have even had life. Comparing the two planets' evolution, geology and geography, the authors explain what we know about Mars today and what we hope to learn about it in the future.
Gr. 4-6. |
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| for older children and young adults |
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| 271334 |
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Hartmann, William K. A Traveler's Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet. New York: Workman Publishers, 2003.
In this guide to the Red Planet, readers benefit from information and images provided by Mariner 9, Viking, Pathfinder, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft that give new light to questions -- especially regarding water -- about our planetary neighbor.
Gr. 9-Adult. |
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