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Minecraft and STEAMGlennon, Robert Jerome
Contents: 1. The worth of water in the United States -- 2. Human reliance on groundwater -- 3. How does a river go dry : the Santa Cruz in Tucson -- 4. A river at risk : the Upper San Pedro River in Arizona -- 5. Tampa Bay's avarice : Cypress Groves, wetlands, springs, and lakes in Florida -- 6. The tourist's mirage : San Antonio's River Walk, the Edwards Aquifer, and endangered species -- 7. Suburban...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 GLEHellebuyck, Adam
Summary: Using the fun, interactive world of Minecraft and key concepts in STEAM, two teachers developed the Minecraft and STEAM series to be used in and out of the classroom. In Minecraft and STEAM, students discover that Minecraft isn't just a game, it's a tool that can be used to learn about real-world science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Moving Water in Minecraft: Engineering focuses on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.8 HELBarnett, Cynthia
Summary: Discusses concerns over fresh- and groundwater supplies in the early twenty-first century, examines the efforts of individuals, businesses, and governments to reduce water use, and describes technologies that improve the amount of water used for agricultural irrigation, the amount of money businesses can save by recycling air conditioning condensation, and related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 BARGenoways, Ted
Summary: "The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, and yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a farm, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in Nebraska, in hopes of passing it on to their four children. But as the handoff nears, their small family farm--and their entire way of life--are under siege.Beyond the threat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 GENGleick, Peter H.
Summary: "In The Three Ages of Water, expert on water resources and climate change Peter Gleick guides us through the long, fraught history of our most valuable resource. Spread over a ten-thousand-year human history, it begins with the fundamental evolutionary role water had in shaping early civilizations and empires, crests to the scientific and social revolutions that created modern society, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023