Coleman, Miriam

Provides an overview of sustainable architecture, describing the materials, methods, and features that are being used to make buildings more environmentally friendly.

Simple text and full-color photographs provide an introduction to sharks, discussing their physical features, habitat, and feeding habits, and explaining how they swim.

Discusses different types of presentations and how to prepare for them.

An introduction to evidence gathering and information integration while conducting research and writing reports.

Introduces young readers to different types of digital tools and media that can be helpful during the research process, and how to make critical decisions when sharing digital information with others.

Constantly changing, Earth sometimes reveals clues about the plants, animals, and other organisms that lived long ago. Fossils teach us much about what life was like millions of years ago, answering the questions of how Earth changed and maybe even why it changed.

An introduction to environmental aspects of transportation that discusses renewable fuel, electric cars, biogas, and other related topics and suggests ways readers can help the environment through their choice of transportation.

Glaciers have been shaping Earth for hundreds of thousands of years. Readers will learn how to identify clues glaciers have left behind in their wake, such as mountains, valleys, and moraines.

A photographic introduction to the culture and crafts of Japan.

Volcanes ofrecen ma?s de un show espectacular al explotar. Tambie?n son pistas sobre lo que ocurre en la superficie de la Tierra. El texto presenta conceptos cienti?ficos fundamentales, tales como el calor y la presio?n, mientras que explican co?mo los distintos tipos de volcanes contribuir a paisajes de la Tierra.