Guillain, Charlotte
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.
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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 GUILondon, Martha
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 LONCole, 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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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC COLLynch, Dan R.
Summary: With this book, you'll experience the excitement of finding, collecting, and identifying rocks and minerals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Publications 2018
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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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Summary: Teaches key geologic concepts using photographs of cake, covering such topics as the rock cycle, weathering, and plate tectonics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tumblehome Learning, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 550 COPOlson, Elsie
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 OLSTomecek, Steve
Summary: "Fun exploration of all the different rocks on our planet and in the universe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Kids 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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 GEOChin, Jason
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 CHIBarnard Booth, Leslie
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 BARO'Neal, Claire.
Summary: Discusses soil composition and earth's geology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Pub. 2011
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Summary: "Unearth a treasure trove of geological knowledge with this in-depth guide to over 500 rocks and minerals"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 SYMJackson, 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: 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.
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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 EAROxlade, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Raintree, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 OXLEmminizer, 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