Challen, Paul C

Photographs and text provide an introduction to figure skating, looking at skates and costumes, arenas, competitions and scoring, various skating moves, and routines and performances, and discussing the health benefits of skating.

A photographic introduction to tennis, looking at tennis equipment, describing various techniques, explaining the rules of the game, and discussing tennis competitions.

Explains how volcanoes form, describes significant ones from history, and shows how to make one's own mini-volcano.

Photographs and text provide an introduction to gymnastics, describing clothing and equipment, different gymnastics apparatus and how they are used, and competition and scoring, and discussing the health benefits of gymnastics.

A look at kart racing, covering the sport's history, cars, tracks, and more.

Discusses the role of a center on a basketball team, covering offensive and defensive strategy, jump balls, shot blocking, and more.

Provides an overview of hurricanes and typhoons, explaining what they are, how they form, why they are so dangerous, what some of the deadliest storms on records have been, how to stay safe, and what can be done to protect cities and people from their destruction.

Focuses on terror attacks that struck America on September 11, 2001, and describes U.S. anti-terrorism efforts and stories of survival and recovery.

Describes the Boston Marathon Bombing in Massachusetts, heroic rescue, recovery, and outreach efforts to help bombing victims, and survivor stories.

Students learn more about Colonial America through historic craft projects.