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Gladstone, James

Summary: Describes the formation of planet Earth, from its beginnings as molten rock and poison gas, to the formation of oceans, to the evolution of life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 525 GLA

Peterson, Christy

Summary: "A historical look at the launch of Earth Day and a look at the global environmental movement that has sprung from it"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 394.262 PET

Coppens, Katie

Summary: "A history of humans' understanding of Earth, our impact on it, and the steps we must take to save countless species--including our own"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tumblehome, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 550 COP

Summary: "The last ice age ended only a few thousand years ago, but there were earlier periods when the entire world was frozen, periods known as Snowball Earth."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIR

Armstrong, Neil

Summary: "Based on a speech Neil Armstrong gave upon receiving the moon rock he named Bok, this unique picture book tells the story of how the Earth and the Moon came to be. Includes facts about the Earth and the Moon"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARM

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARM

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARM

Summary: "The human race is here today because of its abilitiy to adapt ... Episode 5 walks us down the incredible pathway that has brought humans to their dominant position on the planet and openly questions our role in the future development of life on Earth."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIR

Greenburg, J. C. (Judith C.)

Summary: While bouncing through Earth's prehistory in a malfunctioning time machine, Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot meet Dr. Kron-Tox's nephew, Beeper, and nearly lose the Time-a-Tron in a tsunami.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GRE

Summary: "The planet Earth was born out of chaos and disaster - and completely by chance. Episode 1 transports us to this breathtaking genesis, the violent past that created the fragile conditions for life itself."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIR

Childs, Craig

Summary: Discusses the Earth's inherent instability and susceptibility toward violent natural disasters and climate extremes, challenging beliefs about apocalyptic inevitabilities while revealing how to change humanity's place within the planet's cycles.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 550 CHI

Summary: An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humor, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth Films 2017

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EAR

Cullis, Megan

Summary: This book will take young readers on a spectacular journey around the world, from the highest mountain peaks to the very bottom of the ocean. Full of fascinating facts, this book uses landscapes and illustrated maps to explain the wonderful secrets behind Planet Earth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: The revealing documentary of Earth explores the planet's most epic moments. From the first raindrops that turned it into a water world to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us. But humans take a back seat in this narrative. Instead, Earth is placed center stage. We see what happened to our world before we even crawled from the mud, including massive bombardments from space, extreme...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Packham, Chris

Summary: "A beautiful, full colour book to accompany the 5 part BBC TV series telling the most important story of all, the deep history of our own planet. With the trademark dramatic storytelling techniques of The Planets and The Universe, Andrew Cohen and Chris Packham narrate the biography of the Earth, revealing the most epic moments from its history, from the first seconds of its existence to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Collins 2023

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Brennan, Linda Crotta

Summary: Once, in America... chemicals killed plants and animals. Cars and factories filled the air with toxic fumes. Oil spills destroyed ocean life. The sewage floating along America's rivers was so thick it sometimes caught fire. The Earth was dying. Senator Gaylord Nelson believed that attitudes about ecology could change if people understood what was happening. He charged student organizer, Denis...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973 BRE

Summary: "[This program] looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement -- from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller 'Silent Spring' to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2010

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EAR

1 hold on 5 copies

Summary: Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving humanity's future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TRA

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TRA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TRA RATED PG-13

Summary: Examines the various factors that make Earth suitable for life, including its size, weather system, distance from the sun, and other natural factors.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC Pe

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PER

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PER

Gwinn, Saskia

Summary: "In every part of the globe, in every pocket of the sea, in ancient ground beneath your feet, up tall mountains you can't see, in stones, in plants, in birds and beasts, lie nature's secret stories. This beautiful field-guide explores the histories and mysteries hidden in the wild, just waiting to be shared. Readers are invited on a journey around our wonderful world, through wild forests, over...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2023

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Summary: The remarkable story of the rise and fall of the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat,' told through the transformation and radicalization of one of its members, Daniel McGowan. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry weaves a chronicle of McGowan facing life in prison with a dramatic investigation of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2011

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IF

Jones, Lucile M.

Summary: "By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--these all stem from the same forces that give our planet life. It is only when they exceed our ability to withstand them that they become disasters. Viewed together, these events have shaped...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.34 JON

Summary: If Earth's entire history could be compressed into a single year, modern humans would've appeared just 23 minutes ago! Use this video to introduce your students to the concept of geological time (also called deep time); relative age dating of rock via the principles of stratigraphic superposition, original horizontality, and cross-cutting; absolute age dating by radioactive decay; the chemical...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Gray, Susan Heinrichs.

Summary: Explains what geology is, shows how the Earth itself and rocks change, and looks at how geologists study the polar regions and outer space.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551 GRA

Kurtz, Jane

Summary: "Discover the true story of the race between two paleontologists to find dinosaur fossils in this nonfiction picture book. O. C. Marsh and Edward Cope met in 1863 and bonded over their shared love of fossils, becoming the best of friends. Until one day Marsh discovered an error in Cope's work, and the Bone Wars began! Marsh and Cope raced each other around the world, excavating fossils and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 560.92 KUR

Summary: "The gripping true story of Stanislav Petrov, a man who single-handedly averted a fullscale nuclear world war, but now struggles to get his life back on track ... before it is too late. An epic and grand Cold War thriller that sends shivers down your spine and shows us just how close we came to apocalypse ... and it's not over yet! With a new Cold War rising and thousands of nuclear weapons on...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAN

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