Rusch, Elizabeth

Follow Annette von Jouanne, her students, and her private-company partners as they struggle to create wave-energy devices that float atop the waves in an attempt to harness the power from the oceans.

An introduction to the life and contributions of Nikola Tesla covers his innovations in the field of alternating current and his role in the development of such inventions as remote controls, fluorescent lights, and cell phones.

A boy named Max, who gets his superpowers from mud, and his friends dig through the dirt to solve the mystery of Marsh Creek.

Follows volcanologists Andy Lockhart and John Pallister on their journey to a variety of different threatening volcanoes around the world, searching with the scientists of the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program for ways to detect early warning signs of an eruption.

Features the true stories of more than twenty young activists doing things to make the world a better place.

A brief biography of Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla, whose early fascination with electricity caused him to go on to invent alternating current and many devices that helped bring electricity to American households and, eventually, the rest of the world, at the turn of the twentieth century.

Describes Michael E. Brown's interest in outer space when he was a child and his study of the Kuiper Belt when he became an astronomer, telling the story of how Pluto came to be reclassified, and includes sidebar space facts.

In the summer of 2003, two little rovers named Spirit and Opportunity blasted off on rockets headed for Mars with a singular mission: to find out if Mars ever had water that could have supported life. This book tells the greatest space robot adventure of all time through the eyes--and heart--of Steven Squyres, lead scientist on the mission, capturing the suspense and emotion felt during the adventures of the two tough rovers.

A little girl discovers all sorts of artistic possibilities when she has to go a day without crayons.

Explores the current work of scientists who study data about volcanoes at Mount St. Helens.