Peterson, Judy Monroe

Provides readers with insight on how to manage their personal finances and making sound decisions about money.

Photographs and simple text describe the work that astronauts and astronomers do, the tools and equipment they use, living and working in space, and the experiments they perform.

Detail fishing for trout, including proper clothing and equipment to use for the sport and tips about water safety.

Discusses the study of climates and how they change due to deforestation, pollution, eruptions, and natural patterns, and covers oceanographers and meteorologists and measuring devices such as thermometers, anemometers, and satellites, and the use of fossils and samples to look into the past.

Provides answers to questions teens may have about sleep and sleep deprivation, discussing why sleep is important, how much a person needs, common disorders, sleep hygiene, and other related topics.

Cyberbullies use electronic devices such as computers and cell phones to embarrass, harass, or threaten someone. They use words or pictures to scare or taunt their targets at home, school, and many other places. In this insightful book, teens can learn smart ways to protect themselves and others when they use electronic devices.

Readers will learn about hunter education, responsibility, planning hunts, hunting methods, and what tasks to perform after an animal is harvested. Big game hunters do not wipe out an entire population, and it is illegal to hunt animals that are endangered.

Introduces readers to making good choices about biodegradability, and how products we use everyday biodegrade in landfills.

Reviews the history of research into sickle cell anemia, a blood disease that deprives the body of oxygen and hinders the removal of waste products from cells, discusses the genetic basis of sickle cell anemia, and explains what it is like to live with the disease, and how genetic research might affect its future.

This book describes the work of archaeologists, presenting information on interests in math, science, and history; discovering artifacts or field work; archaeological sites, such as excavation digs, tombs, sites under water, and lost cities; laboratory work; and the study of ancient languages.