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Arctic Appetizers: Studying Food Webs in the Arctic

Gwendolyn Hooks (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781604727791

Provides detailed and interesting information about organisms and their place in the food web in the Arctic.

Creeping Crawlers

Tom Greve (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781604727654

Learn about bugs that creep and crawl, bugs found around your home and school, and bugs that crawl then fly.

Makers and Takers: Studying Food Webs in the Ocean

Gwendolyn Hooks

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781604723199

This book uses the ocean as a backdrop to define food webs and identifying the animals who act as predator, prey, or both.

Color Codes

Lynn M. Stone

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 1604723076

Amusing and engaging text describes how the color of an animal can ensure its survival. Provides examples using a variety of animals.

Volume 3: Plant Life

Thomas Sheehan (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781600446498

Take an in-depth look at plant life in this science encyclopedia.

Volume 1: Human Life

Marcia Freeman (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781600446474

Take an in-depth look at human life in this science encyclopedia.

STEM Jobs with the Environment

Julie K Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627179331

This book discusses different STEM jobs that are related to the environment, from hydrologist to a Forest Restoration Project Manager.

It's Electric! Currents

Carla Mooney (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627179829

This book focuses on electricity and explains how atoms are at the center of electrical currents.

Waves of Light and Sound

Shirley Duke (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627179812

This book focuses on light and sound, explaining electromagnetic and mechanical waves.

Fighting for Survival

Rick Raymos (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627178815

In this book, learn all about the animals who hunt and are hunted.

Hidden in Plain Sight

Elsie Belback (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627178785

This book will show how animals such as the thorny devil, the chinstrap penguin, the side-winding adder, and the pygmy seahorse all stay safe by camouflaging themselves in some very interesting ways.

Masters of Disguise

Elsie Belback (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627178792

This book explores some of the tricks that animals use to stay safe.

Born in the Wild

Rick Raymos (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627178808

This book explores how animal parents teach their young to hunt, stay safe from predators, and eventually learn to fend for themselves.

Made in the Wild

Robert Norris (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627178778

This book highlights the homes of animals such as a termite mound, a spider's web, a beaver dam, and many other homes built by animal builders

Finding a Mate

Cassidy St. James (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781627178754

This book will show how animals such as the emperor penguin, the peacock, the African bullfrog, and the frigatebird use their colors, croaks, and tail feathers to find the perfect mate.

Run...It's a Bee!

Robin Koontz (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618104533

When Jasper sees a bee in one of the sunflowers, he gets everyone to run away with him.

Mix It Up! Solution or Mixture?

Tracy Nelson Maurer (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103574

Mixtures and solutions exist everywhere and students will learn how some materials mix easily while others won't mix at all. This book gives examples students can use to make a physical mixture as well as detailed information on how different components make up different solutions.

Energy All Around

Buffy Silverman (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103581

Using interesting facts and photographs, this book discusses energy.

Using Tools to Understand Our World

Kelli Hicks (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103604

Using interesting facts and photographs, this book discusses tools that are used by scientists and researchers.

The Scoop About Measuring Matter

Tracy Nelson Maurer (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103567

Matter is anything that has mass, and this title teaches students about how temperature affects the different states of matter and why. It also talks about the International System of Units, and measuring mass and volume.

Pull It, Push It

Buffy Silverman (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103598

With interesting facts and photographs, this book discusses force and motion.

Reproduction in Plants

Julie K. Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103536

This book details the life cycle of a plant as well as how different plants use different ways to reproduce. It also explains how the different parts of a plant each play a role in how it receives the nutrients it needs to survive as well as how plants are pollinated and how more plant species are being discovered every day.

Studying Our Earth, Inside and Out

Kimberly Hutmacher (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103543

In this title students will learn in depth information about the three layers that make up the earth. It also introduces students to how the tectonic plates, wind, and water are constantly changing our landscape, and gives detailed information on how scientists think our earth was formed and evolved.

Why Plants Become Extinct

Julie K. Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103529

Students will learn how plants are becoming endangered or even extinct due to changes in climate, deforestation to build new homes, or by invasive plant species that are brought from other places. The book also tells how plants make adaptations in order to survive their ever-changing habitats.

Skeletons and Exoskeletons

Julie K. Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103512

This title explains how humans and animals have skeletons to support the inner workings of their bodies, and how muscle attachments help us move. It also explains how an exoskeleton is a skeleton on the outside of a body, giving examples of insects such as ants. Endoskeletons are also explained. A special section called, "Explore Your World" outlines an experiment that allows readers to identify and examine first-hand this intriguing topic.