On my own science

Describes Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity and what he learned from them.

Describes efforts by scientists to re-establish a whooping crane flock that would spend summers in Wisconsin and winters in Florida.

Tells the story of Dr. William Hammer and his crew, who, in 1991, discovered dinosaur bones in Antarctica.

Simple text with illustrations introduce animal defense systems, explaining how venom, poison, and fangs are used to protect them from predators.

Presents an introduction to precipitation, in simple text with illustrations, describing the different conditions when it rains, snows, and hails.

Examines the history of the mammoths that roamed parts of Europe, Asia, and North America; and discusses how they adapted to various climates and what caused them to die.

Explains what happens to the earth before and during a volcanic eruption, and describes several historic eruptions, including Mount Saint Helens in 1980.

Tells the story of the discovery of a strange fish in South Africa in 1938 which was identified as a coelacanth fish believed to have become extinct along with the dinosaurs, and discusses subsequent efforts to learn about the coelacanth and the mysteries that remain unsolved.

Provides an account of the invention of the airplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright in the early twentieth century.