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Endangered Energy: Investigating the Scarcity of Fossil Fuels
Despite the flaws, these issues are important, and even if these introductions are stronger on general concepts than specific facts, they should stimulate enough concern to fuel further inquiry.
These volumes point to the role humans have played in endangering
Earth's resources. The information is presented in four chapters;
each book's final chapter focuses on what government and
individuals can do now before it's too late. The choppy texts are
accessible and supported by photos, diagrams, and related fact
boxes. Common Corerelated questions are appended. Reading list.
Glos., ind. Review covers these Fact Finders: Endangered Earth
titles: Endangered Energy and Endangered Rivers.
Animal Pollinators
Suitable additions for those looking for material on plants or flowers.
For seeds to grow, pollen needs to reach a flower's carpel. In
simple language (with potentially difficult words in bold print),
this series teaches early readers about the various ways this
happens; information is often repeated from book to book. Close-up
photos (inconsistently labeled and captioned) of flower structures
and yellow pollen dust on fuzzy bees and bats help readers
visualize the process. Glos., ind. Review covers the following
First Step Nonfiction: Pollination titles: Animal
Pollinators, Cross-Pollination, Insect
Pollinators, Self-Pollination, and Parts of a
Flower.
Energy in Action
Both the content and the lively presentations will leave readers pleased as well as better informed.
Experiment with a Plant's Living Environment
Not recommended.
Higgins guides young scientists through careful examination of
botany concepts, from parts of a plant and their functions to the
environmental conditions necessary for growth. The classic
activities and explanations are well organized and clearly
illustrated, although a trip to the gardening store will be
necessary for specific materials. Together, the books are
comprehensive; separately, content is thin. Reading list, websites.
Glos., ind. Review covers the following Lightning Bolt Books: Plant
Experiments titles: Experiment with a Plant's Living
Environment, Experiment with a Plant's Roots,
Experiment with Parts of a Plant, Experiment with
Photosynthesis, Experiment with Pollination, and
Experiment with What a Plant Needs to Grow.
To Catch a Comet
This has its merits as a picture of science in action and also as a reminder that NASA isn't the only space agency in town.
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician's Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More
Gr 8 Up—For readers who haven't balked at Stephen Hawkings's A Brief History of Time (Bantam, 1988) or Robert P...
Science and Political Controversy: A Reference Handbook
Gr 8 Up—Though his base premise—that science and politics exist in "virtually constant conflict in the modern world"—is arguable, Newton assembles a useful, if one-sided, overview of areas, past and present, in which the two have clashed...
Encountering Ghosts: Eyewitness Accounts
Gr 3–5—In comic book format, each of these volumes re-creates eight or nine reported encounters with aliens, spectral figures, or cryptids...
Area 51
Gr 6–10—With only the barest dashes of skepticism, these handsomely produced surveys present budding cryptozoologists and conspiracy theorists with rich arrays of historical anecdotes and encounters, supposed evidence, "scientific" explanations of varying plausibility, and tantalizing speculations...
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