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(0)Mary Kay Carson
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Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The fourth largest metropolitan area in North America is home to more than nine million people and a surprisingly large population of coyotes. Join the wildlife scientists of the Urban Coyote Research Project as they carry on their twenty-five-year mission: Studying the coyotes of Cook County, Illinois, home to the city of Chicago. Explore questions such as 'Where did the coyotes come from-and why?,' 'Are they a danger to Chicagoans?,' and 'Do predators...
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1990s, scientists lived inside Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 is the Earth itself) for two years, trying to figure out if colonizing Mars would ever be possible. Now scientists don't live there but instead conduct all sorts of studies and experiments aimed to help us better understand our environment and especially understand what sort of things are happening to it due to climate change and other man-made problems. It's a unique take on the Scientists...
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Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
vii, 127 p. : ill. (mostly col.), maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tracing the evolution of humankind's pursuit of astronomical knowledge, this resource looks deep into the furthest reaches of space. Children will follow along as the realization that the Earth is not at the center of the universe leads all the way up to recent telescopic proof of planets orbiting stars outside the solar system. In addition to its engaging history, this book contains 21 hands-on projects to further explore the subjects discussed....
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
76 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The national parks have been called "America's best idea" -- and some of the best scientific ideas are happening right now inside these protected American spaces that welcome more than 270 million visitors each year. Meet up with scientists studying geysers, grizzlies, salamanders, cacti, and fireflies in some of America's most treasured places: our national parks.
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Series
Publisher
Odd Dot, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
410 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"With 448 full-color, highly illustrated pages, Outdoor School is your indispensable tool for the outdoors. This interactive field guide to plant and mushroom spotting includes: immersive activities to get you exploring, write-in sections to journal about experiences, next-level adventures to challenge even seasoned nature lovers. No experience is required-only curiosity and courage. Inside you'll find easy-to-follow instructions on how to: grow mushrooms...
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
75 pages color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."-- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The heroic struggles of the thousands of slaves who sought freedom through the Underground Railroad are vividly portrayed in this powerful activity book, as are the abolitionists, free blacks, and former slaves who helped them along the way. The text includes 80 compelling firsthand narratives from escaped slaves and abolitionists and 30 biographies of "passengers," "conductors," and "stationmasters," such as Harriet Tubman, William Still, and Levi...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
73 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xiii, 146 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. At a time when most people still had not ridden in an automobile, Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first powered, heavier-than-air flying machine. Woven throughout the heartwarming story of the two brothers are activities that highlight their ingenuity and problem-solving...
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Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Using the structure of "The House that Jack Built" and the example of the gray wolf reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park, the interconnectedness of the wildlife that lives in a place and how the presence (or absence) of a single species can impact an ecosystem is explained"-- Provided by publisher.
13) Animal tracks
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Series
Publisher
Odd Dot
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 14 cm.
Language
English
Description
Animal Tracks is an illustrated reference for identifying various animal tracks in the wild. Includes information and drawings of bear, canine, hoof, bird, amphibian, reptile, and mammal tracks, along with maps of North American habitats.