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"This book is addressed to classroom science teachers, both beginning and experienced. It is a guide to using four core practices to improve instruction using [the book's] methods"--Provided by publisher.

A reference guide that contains alphabetically arranged entries, from abrupt climate change to desertification, about the science and history of global climate change.

Discusses the work of Bob Mason and his efforts to study and protect snakes, particularly red-sided garter snakes.

Explores the past, present and future of scientific exploration on the world's most mysterious continent with a focus on announcing the latest discoveries on the issue of climate change. From Ernest Shackleton's first scientific expedition 100 years ago to today's scientists, old, new and yet unreleased data raise questions about what is happening on Antarctica and its impact on the rest of the world.

"Readers take on the role of historical detectives as they examine photographs as primary sources and discover how they can be used to study the past."--Publisher.

"Follow along as a researcher observes and makes journal entries about their field trip through the Everglades ecosystem in Florida. ... photographs highlight the animals and plants that inhabit this unique wetland area. Simple graphs show how much the Everglades have changed, and the final report describes efforts being made to preserve it"--Provided by publisher.

"Follow along as a researcher observes and makes journal entries about their field trip through the Arctic ecosystem. ... photographs highlight the animals, plants, and people that inhabit the frozen top of the world in Canada and the United States. ... graphs show how much the Arctic has changed, and the final report describes efforts being made to preserve it" --Provided by publisher.

A picture book biography of Joan Procter, an English woman who loved reptiles and, while a curator of reptiles at the London Zoo in the 1920s, worked with Komodo dragons.

An exploration of nature versus nurture follows the unique case of two sets of identical twins, who, born in Colombia, were separated at birth and improbably reunited as adults.