Hinmon, Jeffrey

Explores the qualities that make the Earth a unique planet, focusing on its ability to support life and explaining the factors that allow life to exist, such as the planet's composition and its position within the solar system; includes an activity that teaches students about the Earth's water cycle, and a visit to Biosphere 2 in Arizona.

Join nine-year-old Miguel on his adventure across the United States. Explore the western states, including Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Utah. Visit Old Faithful, Yosemite National Park, Denver, and a Hawaiian luau.

Join nine-year-old Miguel on his adventure across the United States. Explore the southwest, including the states of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. See the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, and the Petrified Forest. Also sample foods of the region and visit a cattle ranch.

Join nine-year-old Miguel on his adventure across the United States. Explore the southeast, including the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Learn about the foods and music of the region.

Join nine-year-old Miguel on his adventure across the United States. Explore the northeast, including the states of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Travel to big cities in the region and learn how maple syrup is made.

Join nine-year-old Miguel on his adventure across the United States. Explore the Midwest, including the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri. Visits Chicago, Mount Rushmore, and the Crazy Horse Memorial.

Join nine-year-old Miguel on his adventure across the United States. Explores New York State, including New York City, Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the Catskill Mountains, and the Erie Canal.

Provides information on the moon, explaining why it orbits the Earth, why we only see one of its sides; describes its phases and eclipses; looks at the ways we have studied the moon over time; and includes an activity demonstrating how the moon's gravity affects weight.

Explains the sun's origin, composition, and physical properties; includes descriptions of solar activity such as sunspots, solar flares, solar winds, and prominences; explains how scientists have studied the sun, and shows how to make a pinhole viewer and measure the distance to the sun.

Discusses various aspects of the Earth's atmosphere and explains its importance in sustaining life, describing its different layers, how it provides the air we breathe, how it protects us from ultraviolet rays and meteoroids, and how it affects our weather; shows how special aircraft are able to fly into hurricanes; and includes an activity where students learn about atmospheric pressure by building their own barometer.