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Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.
Language
English
Description
The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world. Through informational text featuring Time For Kids© content, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters can seem unstoppable, destroying anything in their way. However, people around the world are working hard to come up with new ways to prepare for and recover from natural disasters. Readers discover the amazing stories behind these innovators and the ways they're using science, technology, engineering, and math skills to save lives. The main text, which supports essential STEM curriculum topics, is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival. Read their incredible stories: The...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.
Language
English
Description
Learn about some of the worst disasters in the world including the Hindenburg, the sinking of the Titanic, the Dust Bowl, BP oil spill, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, and the Chernobyl disaster in this fascinating nonfiction book. With intriguing facts, vivid images, helpful graphs and maps, and informational text featuring Time For Kids© content, this high-interest title will keep readers engaged from cover to cover. This book also includes...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
Language
English
Description
This informational text is packed with facts and sidebars about historical and modern-day disasters such as the Space Shuttle Challenger, the Great Smog of London, the Pacific Garbage Patch, the Library of Alexandria, Chernobyl, and more. Featuring TIME© content and images, the high-interest content will engage students in reading as they build their comprehension, vocabulary, and reading skills. Text features, a Reader's Guide, and the extended...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Wildfire destruction is worse than it should be. In the 2017 fires, robocalls and digital alerts came too late to help many people. Warnings reached only a small percentage of the population. A better understanding of wildfires is badly needed. STEM concepts--ideas from the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math--can provide a foundation for developing new solutions for dealing with wildfires."--
Author
Series
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This resource investigates the causes of drought and why droughts are becoming more common. It explains many of the exciting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) solutions that are helping people cope with this dangerous natural disaster" --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes natural disasters which have occurred in various places throughout the world including the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the Yellow River flood in 1887, and the Australian bush fires in 1983.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This resource investigates the impact of floods and tsunamis and why they are becoming more common. It explains many of the exciting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) solutions that are helping people cope with this dangerous natural disaster" --
Author
Series
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Hurricanes are increasing in frequency and intensity, bringing massive destruction in their wake. This resource provides readers with insight into the nature of hurricanes and the solutions engineers are using to prepare for hurricanes and protect people and property when they occur. It explains the technological tools such as NASA satellites, computer modeling, and aircraft and field missions that scientists and engineers are using to predict when...
12) Monument 14
Author
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Language
English
Description
Six high school kids, two eighth-graders, and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. Outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a montster hailstorm and ending with a chemcial weapons spil, seem to be tearing the world -- as they know it -- apart.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
NC 980L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On the News gently introduces young children to the realities of natural disasters, terrorism and other forms of tragedy. In age-appropriate language and tone, Dr. Roberts explains what tragedy is, the feelings it may create and how to manage those feelings. She also emphasizes the good that can come out of tragedy, looking at how people help one another in caring, compassionate and heroic ways. The book's question-and-answer format will help parents...
14) The fever code
Author
Series
Maze runner volume 5
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"Before the trials, Wicked found Thomas, the perfect boy, to help them build the Maze and find the cure for the Flare, a disease that plagues the world. But the truth of what is really going on is a secret and Thomas must uncover it before time runs out"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Earthquakes are terrifying yet fascinating force of nature. Every time an earthquake occurs somewhere in the world, people want to know more and get prepared. Seismologist Johanna Wagstaffe shares how she discovered her passion for understanding the earth beneath our feet. Along the way you'll learn the science behind what makes the earth rumble and how to be prepared--and you'll hear from kids around the world who have experience the power, and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm + 1 foldout wall chart, 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4.
Language
English
Description
Describes a wide range of natural disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, volcanoes, landslides, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and epidemics.
Author
Publisher
Cicada Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
We humans take our domination of the planet for granted, but sometimes nature reminds us that this is an illusion. Tectonics rip open the earth, vast waves sweep away coastal towns, magma spews from volcanoes and hurricanes lay waste to entire countries. This book explores nature at its most destructive. Clear, coherent explanations break down the science behind phenomena including hurricanes, tornadoes, avalanches, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes,...
18) Promise
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart--one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager--fight for their families' survival in this lyrical and powerful novel."--Publisher annotation.
A devastating tornado rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression. Dovey, a black laundress,...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.
Language
Español
Description
Details some of the most destructive and deadly man-made disasters around the world. Examines why they occurred and how we have learned new ways to prevent them from happening again.
20) The kill order
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Description
"Mark struggles to make sense of his new, post-disaster world in this prequel to The Maze Runner"--