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Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This title explores tools, methods, discoveries, and careers in the Meteorology field. Accompanying the main text are activities from a water cycle container to a tornado in a jar. These crafts encourage readers to engage with what they learned, solidifying their new knowledge.
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Series
My weirdest school volume 10
Language
English
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Sprinkles Newman, the local TV meteorologist, is coming to Ella Mentry School! She s going to teach A.J. and the gang all about the weather. But what happens when a real live (well, not live) hurricane comes to the school? Hold on to your umbrellas!
4) Weather girl
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A TV meteorologist and a sports reporter scheme to reunite their divorced bosses with unforecasted results in this charming romantic comedy from the author of The Ex Talk. Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist. Her boss, legendary Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale, is too distracted by her tempestuous relationship with her ex-husband, the station's news director,...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Huge, towering clouds build up in the sky--it's a supercell. The Doppler radar indicates that the system is rotating. But is there a funnel? Is it touching the ground? Only a storm chaser can confirm when a tornado is present--and help meteorologists warn nearby towns.
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Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This informative book shows young readers how and why long periods of hot weather occur, where and when heat waves happen most often, and how extreme heat can be dangerous to people and animals. Readers will also learn about water shortages, droughts, and fire hazards, the equipment that meteorologists use to forecast heat waves, and techniques to stay safe during times of extreme heat"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
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."--
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Publisher
Little Genius Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
With super-simple explanations about rain, wind, humidity, storms, the seasons, and more, Little Genius: Weather presents just the right amount of information for little learners. Children will love following along as a cute, smiling cloud guides them through simple weather events and explains what causes them using simple, rhyming text. Each spread also features a fun fact for kids who are ready to learn even more! It's the perfect gift for budding...
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Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"As a hurricane gathered in the Caribbean, blue skies covered Galveston, Texas. Scientists knew a storm was coming. But none of them were able to prepare Galveston for the force of the hurricane that hit on September 8, 1900. The water from the storm surge pulled houses off their foundations, and the winds toppled telephone poles and trees like toothpicks. And amid the chaos, Galveston's residents did all they could to rescue one another. From the...
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This STEM-based picture book follows the origin of a hurricane, from a little cloud to a life-threatening storm."--
Follow our little cloud on an adventure through the sky and learn the science behind how it transforms from a simple cumulus cloud to a full-blown hurricane. Beautifully detailed illustrations from award-winning artist Julie McLaughlin integrate science with storytelling. Children will enjoy finding new gems of information even after...
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Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"Andrea se convierte en emigrante el día que sube a un avión destino Londres, con un billete de ida, una pequeña maleta y sus ahorros en busca de lo que no encuentra en su país, trabajo. Lo que no sabe Andrea es que la ciudad del Támesis le ofrecerá mucho más que eso: obstáculos, ilusión, decepciones, amistad y amor. Porque ¿puede alguien enamorarse contra pronóstico? Alba Lago, presentadora de El Tiempo en Telecinco, debuta en el panorama...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It was the strongest cyclone to hit land in recorded history. On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines, whipping the low-lying and densely-populated islands with 200 mph winds and sending a two-story-high storm surge flooding into homes, schools, and hospitals. It wiped villages off the map and devastated cities, including the hard-hit provincial capital Tacloban. Estimates count more than 5,000 dead and millions homeless....
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Joanne Simpson made groundbreaking--or should we say cloudbreaking--discoveries about weather and how it worked. Born in Massachusetts in 1923, she became interested in clouds while sailing in Cape Cod. As a young adult, she went to the University of Chicago and began studying and then teaching meteorology. After the war, women were expected to go back to being homemakers, but Joanne instead received her Masters Degree and began a PhD program. She...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Modern Architecture and Climate explores how leading architects of the twentieth century incorporated climate-mediating strategies into their designs, and shows how regional approaches to climate adaptability were essential to the development of modern architecture. Focusing on the period surrounding World War II-before fossil-fuel powered air-conditioning became widely available-Daniel Barber brings to light a vibrant and dynamic architectural discussion...
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Heat waves in the United States kill more people during a typical year than all other natural disasters combined. Until now, no one could explain either the overwhelming number or the heartbreaking manner of the deaths resulting from the 1995 Chicago heat wave. Meteorologists and medical scientists have been unable to account for the scale of the trauma, and political officials have puzzled over the sources of the city's vulnerability. In Heat Wave,...
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Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In 1934, the highly respected head of the Soviet Union's meteorology department, Alexei Feodosievich Wangenheim, was suddenly arrested without cause and taken to a gulag. Less than a year after being hailed by Stalin as a national hero, he ended up with thousands of other 'political prisoners' in a camp on an island in the north, under vast skies and surrounded by water that was, for more than six months of the year, a sheet of motionless ice. He...
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