Examines the characteristics of a chaparral, the smallest land biome, and describes the types of plants and animals that live there, and why fires and prescribed burns are important to the survival of its ecosystem.
Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, hunting methods, and threats to the survival of many kinds of small wildcats found in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Examines the excavation of sunken American Navy warships from the Revolutionary War to World War II and discusses what they tell us about life on board these vessels.
Describes the excavations of the watercraft of explorers, settlers, and traders who visited the American West from the 1600s to the 1800s and what the findings reveal about life in early America.
Examines archaeological excavations of the watercraft of ancient Native Americans and what the findings tell us about the daily life and culture of people who lived thousands of years ago.
Chronicles the life and journeys of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco V?squez de Coronado, who searched the lands north of Mexico, or New Spain, for the legendary Seven Cities of C?bola.
