This high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn all about extreme weather through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.
Describes the science behind dangerous, wild, and deadly weather, including heat waves, blizzards, thunderstorms, floods, and hurricanes, and explains what can be done about the current extreme weather conditions on the planet.
The ultimate guide to the planet-altering effects of extreme weather, featuring full-color photos and fascinating explanations of how weather systems work?now in paperback Recent decades have brought record temperatures, devastating storms, ...
Where does the truth lie? This anthology collects the strongest viewpoints from across the ideological spectrum and the globe and allows readers to evaluate the arguments and evidence for themselves before forming an educated opinion.
The Great Storm of ' 88 VeRo Publishing , Vernon , Connecticut , 1987 Carter , E . A . , and Seaquist , V . G . Extreme Weather History and Climate Atlas for Alabama The Strode Publishers , Huntsville , Alabama , 1984 Changon , Stanley ...
As climate has warmed over recent years, a new pattern of more frequent and more intense weather events has unfolded across the globe.
In Extreme Weather, Schneider distills that information into a guide for readers.
Vividly illustrated, this text will give you a new appreciation for the power of nature.
This book explores preventive measures used throughout history, and looks at technological solutions being developed by meteorologists, engineers, and city planners to lessen future damage.
With climate change seeming to become an increasingly undeniable reality, we find ourselves facing more extreme weather than ever before.
Some people even choose to chase extreme weather out of curiosity alone. This book provides information about different types of storm chasers, the technology they use, and the reasons they choose to put their lives in the path of danger.