Nita Dara is one of ten eighth graders who has already won a scholarship to attend the Alaska Young Explorers program and learn explorer skills in an Alaskan wilderness camp; but the program is also a competition and the winner will get 5000 dollars--money that Nita's family could really use--but on the final challenge she is paired with the super-competitive Sohail Aman, and the challenge turns deadly when they find themselves lost in the fog while hiking down a glacier, where a single misstep could mean injury and death.
Peter Pika discovers the glaciers are melting after water drips on his head and he races off to ask the Mountain Monarch what can be done while gaining the concerns of others along the way.
An introduction to glaciers that discusses how they are studied, their size, location, and movement, and other related topics. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
An introduction to glaciers that discusses how they are studied, their size, location, and movement, and other related topics. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
Photographs and simple text examines different glaciers around the world, how they are formed, their effects on surrounding landscapes, life around glaciers for people and animals, and other related topics.
Glaciers have been shaping Earth for hundreds of thousands of years. Readers will learn how to identify clues glaciers have left behind in their wake, such as mountains, valleys, and moraines.
An introduction to glaciers that discusses how they are studied, their size, location, and movement, and other related topics and includes a quiz and an activity.
This videodisc focuses on climate change shown through time-lapse cameras set by internationally acclaimed photojournalist James Balog, who has placed equipment in more than two dozen glacial locations around the world in order to assess the impact of global warming.
