Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Weather

Ever wonder what makes the wind blow? Or where clouds come from, or rain? Every day you experience weather, but why do you experience the weather you do? Explore weather, a subject that changes every day, with award-winning science writer Seymour Simon.

Everyone loves snow It's fun to play in and makes wonderful snowmen. But where does snow come from? The answer is at your fingertips. Just open this book and read about the wonders of snow....

Though you can't see the wind, you can certainly feel it when the wind blows But where does wind come from? The answer is at your fingertips. Just open this book and read about the wonders of wind....

Each season brings new surprises and discoveries. In the spring, leaves sprout, showers come, and it's time for planting. Bees buzz and roses bloom as summer arrives. The fall turns pumpkins orange and leaves red and gold, and the wind grows cold. In wintertime, snow twirls down, and the flames in the fireplace leap and glow. Next year, it will all happen again, but it will be a little different, too. Everything is always growing and changing on a farm. Beloved author Anne Rockwell takes young readers through the year. Megan Halsey's charming collage illustrations are the perfect...

You will:

• Run with the antelope across the American plains and learn about the food chain.
• Climb with a monkey to the highest tree in the rainforest and discover how photosynthesis keeps leaves green.
• Sink to the bottom of the ocean to follow creatures who have adapted to life in total darkness
• Travel with a meteor at speeds up to 160,000 miles per...

The science of tree rings--"dendroclimatology"--had not been developed when John Wesley Powell made his epic voyages down the Colorado River in 1869, 1871, and 1872. Nevertheless he observed that the rising and falling of the river differed over the years and came to understand the important role these variations played in the lives of people trying to live in the West.

While Powell was braving the Colorado River's rapids, a tree in southwestern Colorado was putting on rings. In 1869 it was a modest ring. In 1871, the year Powell returned to begin his second trip, the ring was remarkably...

Global warming is one of the most talked about science subjects today.
Maybe you have seen pictures of polar bears or other animals stranded atop floating chunks of melting ice. Perhaps you have heard about or lived through extreme weather--hurricanes, floods, water shortages, heat waves, or electricity blackouts.

Many of these events can stem from the world getting warmer. As that happens, the climate changes, too. This book helps young readers understand the sciences used to study global warming.

Each chapter addresses specific questions about why the temperatures of the earth's...