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Keeping Water Clean

Courtney Farrell (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602797796

Save the Planet: Keeping Water Clean applies the NCTE/IRA Standards to science and social studies content. Each book sends the reader on a fact-finding mission, posing an initial challenge and concluding with questions and answers. Through engaging, interactive scenarios, learners can experiment with text prediction, purpose-driven research, and creative problem solving - all critical thinking skills - while learning about ways to care for our planet.

Local Farms and Sustainable Foods

Julia Vogel (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602797802

Save the Planet:Local Farms and Sustainable Foods applies the NCTE/IRA Standards to science and social studies content. Each book sends the reader on a fact-finding mission, posing an initial challenge and concluding with questions and answers. Through engaging, interactive scenarios, learners can experiment with text prediction, purpose-driven research, and creative problem solving - all critical thinking skills - while learning about ways to care for our planet.

Compost It

David M. Barker (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602797765

Save the Planet: Compost it applies the NCTE/IRA Standards to science and social studies content. Each book sends the reader on a fact-finding mission, posing an initial challenge and concluding with questions and answers. Through engaging, interactive scenarios, learners can experiment with text prediction, purpose-driven research, and creative problem solving - all critical thinking skills - while learning about ways to care for our planet.

Weather Patterns

Carol Hand (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781610802307

Written in the narrative voice of a budding meteorologist, this book explains weather patterns. Readers begin to understand how the process of forming and answering questions is a key to investigation and scientific communication.

Soil

David M. Barker (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781610802277

Written in the narrative voice of a student researching soil, this book explains the properties of soil. Readers begin to understand how the process of forming and answering questions is a key to investigation and scientific communication.

The Life Cycles of Plants

Rebecca Hirsch (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781610802246

Written in the narrative voice of an inquisitive student, this book explains the life cycles of plants. Readers begin to understand how the process of forming and answering questions is a key to investigation and scientific communication.

Gardening by the Numbers

Cecilia Minden (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602791435

You probably know that gardening is a great way to get in touch with nature. Did you know that is also a great way to sharpen your real world math skills? Whether you're measuring plant growth or figuring out where to plant each kind of flower or vegetable, gardening can be both fun and challenging.

Searching for Oil

Kathleen Manatt (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602791787

Oil is one of our most important natural resources. The searches for new sources - and options for alternative sources - are outlined here.

Hydroelectric Energy

Tamra B. Orr (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602791848

For years, people have used water power to provide electricity. This study recaps that history and describes exciting new techniques.

Energy from Wind, Sun, and Tides

Frank Muschal (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602791817

Recent advances in harnessing energy from the wind, sun, and tides are explored. People are encouraged to seek resources beyond fossil fuels.

Bio-fuels

Frank Muschal (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602791800

We currently rely on nonrenewable sources, such as oil, for most of our fuel. Scientists are working on new fuels from crops and other materials to help ease future dependence on nonrenewable resources.

Reticulated Python

Tamra B. Orr (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781633620575

Introduces facts about reticulated pythons, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Hornbill

Susan H. Gray (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781633620537

Introduces facts about hornbills, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Red-eyed Tree Frog

Tamra B. Orr (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781633620568

Introduces facts about red-eyed tree frogs, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Spider Monkey

Susan H. Gray (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781633620582

Introduces facts about spider monkeys, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Harpy Eagle

Susan H. Gray (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781633620544

Introduces facts about harpy eagles, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Poison Dart Frog

Tamra B. Orr (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781633620551

Introduces facts about poison dart frogs, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Watershed Conservation

Pam Rosenberg (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602793569

What is a watershed? Why are watersheds important? What is it like to live where there is no clean, safe water supply? Read this book to find out more about the importance of watersheds and how you can help in the fight to keep Earth's freshwater sources clean and safe.

Anaconda

Samantha Bell (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781633620513

Introduces facts about anacondas, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Chimpanzee

Samantha Bell (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781633620520

Introduces facts about chimpanzees, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Pollution

Robert Green (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602793552

What causes pollution? How does pollution affect the environment? Why should we care about pollution? Read this book to find out more about the social, environmental, and economic issues related to pollution and what you can do about it.

Global Warming

Robert Green (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602793538

Is human activity causing Earth's to heat up? Is global warming just a natural event? What are the possible effects of global warming? Read this book to learn more about the global warming debate and to start forming your own opinions.

Africanized Honey Bee

Barbara A. Somervill (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602793460

Honeybees are known for their familiar buzzing and honey production. Learn how an experiment meant to increase honey production created aggressive Africanized honeybees that have taken over territory and caused big problems for beekeepers, farmers, and anyone unlucky enough to disturb them.

Protecting Ecosystems

Leanne Currie-McGhee (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602795785

The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring the concepts to life for kids. Real World Science: Protecting Ecosystems, provides information on natural changes vs. changes brought about by people, wise use of ecosystems, and restoring damaged ecosystems.

Earth's Biomes

Katy S. Duffield (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781602795730

The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring the concepts to life for kids. Real World Science: Earth's Biomes, includes information on tropic rain forests, deciduous forests, grasslands, deserts, taiga, and tundra.