Describes how scientists are learning more about bats, how they fly, communicate, and hunt, and what dangers they are facing and explains how researchers are trying to stop the spread of a disease that is killing bats in North America.
Contains twelve articles from the pages of "Highlights for Children" that tell about the scientific detective work that provided answers to questions about animals, their behavior, and their role in nature.
"This . . . journey from our own star to stars at the farthest reaches of the universe includes . . . NASA photographs, STEM Focus sidebars, and . . . age-appropriate text"--Provided by publisher.
Presents action research studies about teaching and learning in a block period environment, conducted by seven Seattle area high school teachers in their own classrooms during the 1996-97 school year.
"After a freak wave maroons Joe on a deserted island, he investigates the food chain of the island's ecosystem. He learns to gather food and build shelter, copying other living things and using whatever materials he can find on the island."--Provided by publisher.
"This book is addressed to classroom science teachers, both beginning and experienced. It is a guide to using four core practices to improve instruction using [the book's] methods"--Provided by publisher.
A reference guide that contains alphabetically arranged entries, from abrupt climate change to desertification, about the science and history of global climate change.
Explores the past, present and future of scientific exploration on the world's most mysterious continent with a focus on announcing the latest discoveries on the issue of climate change. From Ernest Shackleton's first scientific expedition 100 years ago to today's scientists, old, new and yet unreleased data raise questions about what is happening on Antarctica and its impact on the rest of the world.
