Schaefer, Lola M.
Summary: "In this interactive picture book, young readers push, press, and pound rocks on the page, using their imagination to explore. They learn about different types of rocks, the structure of Earth, and how we humans use rocks and minerals. Back matter includes a real-world experiment for investigating the hardness of rocks"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 550.78 SCHMartin, Helen M. (Helen Mandeville)
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Printed by the William Feather Co.] 1939
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 551.31 MARCole, Joanna.
Summary: The climate challenge: Ms. Frizzle introduces her students to scientific facts about global warming, sharing accessible coverage of climate change and ways everyday kids can help to protect the environment.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2012
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Summary: "A stone is not just a stone. A stone is a story. Journey across history to see how one stone changes and transforms, from magma, oozing under Earth's crust, to sand ground down by a rushing river, to the heart of a mountain. Watch what happens when rain, ice, and wind mold this rock into something new, something you might even hold in your hand and imagine all that is left for the stone to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 BARQuinlan, Julia J.
Summary: The ground beneath our feet feels sturdy and still, but Earth is actually covered in moving plates. These large plates make up the outer layer of Earth's surface and sit on top of another layer made up of molten rock. Borders between two plates are often the site of earthquakes and volcanoes. The plates can slide against each other, crash into each other, move apart, and even create mountains....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.1 QUIJackson, Tom
Summary: Our planet has been spinning in the blackness of Space for 4.5 billion years. People have only been around for a tiny part of it. But what happened before we arrived on the scene? Before animals, dinosaurs and even trees? Imagine if we could discover Earth's history in one day…Starting the clock from the formation of the Earth, we can discover each significant moment in time on the clock,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Welbeck Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 508 JACSummary: "Have you ever picked up a rock and admired its colors, crystals, and texture, and thought, "How did it get this way?" Or have you ever driven by an unusual landform and wondered, "Why is it like that?" These questions have surprisingly deep answers that can encompass a significant fraction of Earth's 4.6-billion-year history. Such revelations come from the science of geology, but you don't...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551 PRAEmminizer, Theresa
Summary: "Almost 20,000 years ago, Earth's climate began to warm. Because of the changing temperatures, a miles-thick ice sheet started to shift. As the ice sheet moved, it carved deep pits in the land and left water in its wake. This melted ice filled the new cavities. This is the story of America's Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Enriched with stunning photographs and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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Summary: Explore the Grand Canyon's layers from the nearly 2-billion-year-old rocks of the Pre-Cambrian Era to the few formations of the Mesozoic Era. Learn about the different kinds of rock that make up the canyon and how the Colorado River carved them into the majesty of the Grand Canyon today. Additional features include a diagram labeling each of the layers, Fast Facts, a phonetic glossary, an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J979.132 LONSummary: This volume focuses on Earth's composition, including mineralogy and crystallography; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic petrology; economic geology; and geochemistry. It investigates Earth's structure, which concerns geophysics, structural geology, tectonics, volcanology, and geodesy. Earth's surface features and processes are also explored. Historical geology, stratigraphy, paleontology,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in Association with Rosen Educational Services 2017
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1 available in Teen Display, Call number: YA 550 GEOBrandes, Paul
Summary: "The people of Michigan can boast many things about their state, including the fact that it is the only state in the nation in the United States to border four of the five Great Lakes-giving it its the nickname, the Great Lakes State-and the only state in the nation comprised of two peninsulas. This abundance of shoreline translates to But Michigan also has a multitude of geologic features that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountain Press Publishing Company 2023
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Summary: "An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 557 CHICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 557 CHISummary: In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt created the nation's first National Monument destination. The purpose was to preserve all of America's significant pieces of history. Now viewers can take a journey through the ecology, geology, and beauty of the Great Plains, the geologic West, and the historic South in an adventure never to be forgotten.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: Blu/DVD 973 America'sCoppens, Katie
Summary: Teaches key geologic concepts using photographs of cake, covering such topics as the rock cycle, weathering, and plate tectonics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tumblehome Learning, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 550 COPSummary: Combining studies of all the elements around us and how they interact, this book provides a history of the complex field of earth science, while highlighting core principles and concepts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 550 EARLynch, Dan R.
Summary: With this book, you'll experience the excitement of finding, collecting, and identifying rocks and minerals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Publications 2018
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Summary: This title tools, methods, discoveries, and careers in the Geology field. Accompanying the main text are activities from agate coasters to an underwater eruption. These crafts encourage readers to engage with what they learned, solidifying their new knowledge. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J507.8 OLSOxlade, Chris
Summary: This book provides a simple and fun introduction to rocks, discussing different rocks, exploring how and why they have formed, how they have changed over time, their appearance and properties. With the help of some Rock Solid! facts that provide cool examples, the book will show you how amazing rocks can be: from the Grand Canyon and hot lava to the world’s biggest cave.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Raintree, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 OXLTomecek, Steve
Summary: "Fun exploration of all the different rocks on our planet and in the universe"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Kids 2020
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Summary: A book made up of one long page explores each layer of the Earth's crust, revealing what can be found underneath the feet of readers in urban and rural areas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Words & Pictures, part of the Quatro Group 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.1 GUIO'Neal, Claire.
Summary: Discusses soil composition and earth's geology.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Pub. 2011
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Summary: These 36 half-hour lectures are your initiation into the geological world that lies just outside your door. "The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology" introduces you to physical geology, the study of Earth's minerals, rocks, soils, and the processes that operate on them through time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 551.1 NAT Part 1Call number: DVD 551.1 NAT Part 2
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Symes, R. F
Summary: "Unearth a treasure trove of geological knowledge with this in-depth guide to over 500 rocks and minerals"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 SYMDarwin, Charles
Summary: Read by Richard Dawkins, world-renowned authority on Darwin and best-selling author, this definite precursor to "On The Origin of Species" is a non-fiction travel journal of Darwin's observations of exotic civilizations and the flora, fauna and human life he found there.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: CSA Word 2009