exploration

Science educator Bill Nye details the history of developments in exploration, discussing clocks, the compass, submarines, telescopes, X-rays and MRIs, and rockets and the space shuttle. Includes an introduction to a student inventor.

Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps.

"The Earth is a strange and wondrous place. Discover facts about its saltiest seas, tallest mountains, largest organisms, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Striking mixed-media art from the creator of Mirror lights up the Sonoran Desert, revealin--through one wary boy's experience--a habitat that is anything but barren and desolate. In a desert valley, surrounded by mountains of rock and cactus, is the tiny village the boy calls home. He never wanders far, frightened of coyotes and the dusty wilds beyond. On a visit to Grandpa's ranch, he resists the invitation to explore an area where his grandfather grew up, far from any village. The boy would rather play it safe on his tablet. But one of the creatures he fears has other plans for him, and soon the vast desert "jungle" begins to share its secret--wonders beyond imagining. Inspired by a research trip to the Sonoran Desert in Mexico, and illustrated with richly detailed and layered mixed-media collage, Jeannie Baker's gentle family story of awakening to nature is informed by the concept of nature deficit disorder, a subject she explores in the author's note. Her extensive afterword also illuminates the enormous biodiversity of one of the world's most magnificent--and misunderstood--habitats.

"[The author] argues that the year 1000 was the world's first point of major cultural exchange and exploration. Drawing on nearly thirty years of research on medieval China and global history, she presents an . . . account of first encounters between disparate societies. As people on at least five continents ventured outward, they spread technology, new crops, and religion. These encounters, she shows, made it possible for Christopher Columbus to reach the Americas in 1492, and set the stage for the process of globalization that so dominates the modern era"--Provided by publisher.

"[Alicia and Andre] are twins. They have just turned seven and like most children their age, they are curious, dynamic and always alert to what goes on around them. On their birthday they receive a very strange present from their favorite uncle: a globe with magic powers! Thanks to the magic globe the twins, always accompanied by their mischievous cat Jo, explore fantastic places on our planet Earth and beyond, in the infinite sky"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the Age of Exploration when Europeans searched the world for goods, land, and raw materials from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries.

Looks at the life of Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias who was the first European to reach the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic.

Looks at the Age of Exploration when Europeans searched the world for goods, land, and raw materials from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries.

Brother and sister Mike and Maria have found their way out of the Minecraft cave system in which they discovered a magical portal from their world. Now they have a new challenge: a huge landscape in which to explore, build, and survive! They'll need to learn more about the resources there if they want to achieve all three goals. Young Minecraft fans will enjoy this peek into what it would really take to navigate and live in the game-themed world and learn more about how Minecraft resources relate to real-world ones.