"Explores tools, methods, discoveries, and careers in the Geology field. Accompanying the main text are activities from agate coasters to an underwater eruption. These step-by-step crafts encourage readers to artistically engage with what they learned, helping solidify their new knowledge"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of facts and trivia about the Earth includes the sulfur lakes of Ethiopia, the underwater villages of Ontario, the pink dolphins of the Amazon, the megalithic stone structures of France, and the shipwrecks and airplane crashes in the Bermuda Triangle.

Specifically designed for and correlated to the curriulum of a primary school science course, this collection contains a number of video series that explore the key concepts of Earth Science and help instructors to teach challenging concepts. The films, and accompanying teacher materials, are a great asset for teachers and teachers in training to use to integrate video into their lesson plans to capture the attention of young minds and enhance learning....

Explores what geoscientists do, details the education needed to become one, and discusses the future of the field.

Presents a compilation of miscellaneous facts about weather, climate, and the natural features of the Earth, providing information about such items as the tallest volcano, the largest country, the highest recorded temperature, and the world's largest cave system.

"Drop the water droplet leads young readers on an adventure through the hydrologic cycle"--

Witness the extraordinary life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer who went where no scientist had gone before and transformed our idea of what is possible. Daring to seek Earth's history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world, Lonnie found himself on the frontlines of climate change-his life's work evolving into a salvage mission to recover these priceless historical records before they disappear forever.

From the acclaimed author of TubesThe Weather Machine pulls back the curtain on a universal part of our everyday lives, illuminating our relationships with technology, the planet, and the global community.

This program is read by the author.We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves — with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences...