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Amy E Cherrix
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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There's a chance of rain in the forest, and George wants nothing more than to catch sight of a vibrant rainbow across the sky. When the weather makes his wish come true, George chases the rainbow and learns all about colors, weather, and the effect of light.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"North Carolina's black bears were once a threatened species, but now their numbers are rising in and around Asheville. But what happens when conservation efforts for a species are so successful that there's a boom in the population? Can humans and bears live compatibly? What are the long-term effects for the bears? Author Amy Cherrix follows the scientists who, in cooperation with local citizen scientists, are trying to answer to these questions...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Did you know the natural world is a construction zone? Amazing animals all over the world are building all kinds of structures every single day. This fascinating, fact-filled book will captivate young scientists and naturalists and have them looking out for animal construction projects happening in their own backyards!"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Ten million Americans live in hurricane danger zones, but how do we know if or when to evacuate? We must predict both when a storm will strike and how strong it will be. A daring NASA earth science mission may have finally found a way to crack this hurricane code. Dr. Scott Braun is the principal investigator for the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel mission (HS3), which flies repurposed military drone over hurricanes so that scientists can gather...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"You’ve heard of the space race, but do you know the whole story? The most ambitious race humankind has ever undertaken was masterminded in the shadows by two engineers on opposite sides of the Cold War—Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi officer living in the US, and Sergei Korolev, a Russian rocket designer once jailed for crimes against his country—and your textbooks probably never told you. Von Braun became an American hero, recognized the...
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