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Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison made history by spending eight days in Earth's orbit, making her the first black woman ever to visit space. Twenty years later, Dr. Jemison is pushing space travel forward again with her 100 Year Starship Foundation. In this new True Book series, readers will join Dr. Jemison as she guides them on a tour of our solar system and explains how astronomers have used technology to discover new stars and planets.
"This book explains...
4) Giant trucks
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about the world's biggest, toughest trucks, from how they were invented to what jobs they are used to perform today."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The world is filled with machines that make our lives easier. Many of these machines are run by electricity, but you also can use your own power to run machines as well. You power your bicycle you open a door you move a box. Simple machines are devices with very few parts that help us move objects. Learn about the basic simple machines that we use every day.
8) Gravity
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
You have probably seen movies or television shows about space travel. When space travelers go outside their ships, they use jet packs to tie themselves to their ships. They do this because outside their spaceships there is no force that keeps them attached to the craft. Without something to keep them attached, they would just drift off into space because there is no gravity. Gravity is also the reason why our bodies don't just fly upward into...
9) Taste
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Explores the sense of taste and the body parts used to produce it as well as its relationship to smell.
12) Oceans
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Explores oceans, discusses how they affect the climate, and describes the variety of life forms found there.
13) Earth
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Discover what Earth looks like from space, how the Earth moves through the solar system, what the conditions are for life on Earth, what you would find if you dug a really deep hole, what it is like on the Moon, and what space missions have taught us about Earth. Features time lines, drawings, photos, and an easy-to-understand explanation of global warming.
15) Glaciers
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Describes what glaciers are, how they are formed, and how they move and shape the Earth.
18) Race cars
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about race cars, from how they are designed and built to which exciting new kinds of cars you might see in the future"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
How scientists find out how things work: First a scientist pulls together all the observations about something. Next, he or she thinks up a question that the observations don't explain. Then a hypothesis, that which someone believes to be the correct answer to the question is formed. It must be a statement that can be tested. Next, an experiment is made to test the hypothesis in which everything that happens is written down. Finally the scientist...
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