Earth's Most Extreme Places
Earth's Most Extreme Places

Author: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781482424607

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Some locations on Earth seem almost alien because their climate and environment are so different from the places we live. This globetrotting series transports readers to fascinating locales around the world, such as Antarctica, Death Valley, and Mount Everest. Not only will readers learn what makes these places extraordinary, they'll also learn the extraordinary lengths that people go to explore and sometimes live there. Science concepts, geography skills, and social studies topics combine to make each volume a valuable addition to any collection. That's Extreme! text boxes offer astonishing facts about locations. Graphic organizers demonstrate organizational skills. Understanding of maps and photographs within an informational text is a requirement of the Common Core standards. Domain-specific vocabulary words are used in a scientific context to help students understand their meaning and accelerate comprehension.

Earth's Most Extreme Places
Earth's Most Extreme Places

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Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing

Published: 2014-12-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781482416398

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Some locations on Earth seem almost alien because their climate and environment are so different from the places we live. This globetrotting series transports readers to fascinating locales around the world, such as Antarctica, Death Valley, and Mount Everest. Not only will readers learn what makes these places extraordinary, they'll also learn the extraordinary lengths that people go to explore and sometimes live there. Science concepts, geography skills, and social studies topics combine to make each volume a valuable addition to any collection. * "That's Extreme!" text boxes offer astonishing facts about locations * Graphic organizers demonstrate organizational skills * Understanding of maps and photographs within an informational text is a requirement of the Common Core standards * Domain-specific vocabulary words are used in a scientific context to help students understand their meaning and accelerate comprehension

Earth's Most Extreme Places
Earth's Most Extreme Places

Author: Bailey O'Connell

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781482424591

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Some locations on Earth seem almost alien because their climate and environment are so different from the places we live. This globetrotting series transports readers to fascinating locales around the world, such as Antarctica, Death Valley, and Mount Everest. Not only will readers learn what makes these places extraordinary, they'll also learn the extraordinary lengths that people go to explore and sometimes live there. Science concepts, geography skills, and social studies topics combine to make each volume a valuable addition to any collection.

Surviving in the World's Most Extreme Places
Surviving in the World's Most Extreme Places

Author: Ross Piper

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13: 1429646233

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Travel to the ends of the Earth and observe some of the world's toughest creatures. Find out how long whales can hold their breath, why penguins don't get frostbite, and how water bears can live through almost anything even being cooked.

Life in Extreme Places
Life in Extreme Places

Author: Leon Gray

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781433987175

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Details how animals and plants need to change to survive in some of the Earth's most extreme places.

Earth's Coldest Places
Earth's Coldest Places

Author: Mary Griffin

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1482418924

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Many people know that Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth, but they might not know why. Readers of this globetrotting volume will learn how the sun's rays affect our planet's surface. They'll also discover other bitter cold places around the globe and how people manage to live there. In one town in Russia, people leave their glasses at home so they don't freeze to their face! Science and social studies topics combine to present some truly absorbing and chilling peeks at some of the world's most fascinating and frigid places.

All Over the Map
All Over the Map

Author: Betsy Mason

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1426219725

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Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today. In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller--authors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"--explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps. This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves maps--and Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or not--this eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight.

Earth's Hottest Places
Earth's Hottest Places

Author: Sebastian Witiw

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1482419033

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Everyone has experienced hot days in which it's hard to move without sweating. Readers will realize those days were cool compared to some of the sweltering locations vividly described within the pages of this volume. Death Valley, the Sahara, and Ethiopia are highlighted in text and on maps in this trip around the globe in search of Earth's hottest places. Why some locations are so hot, different ways of measuring temperature, and the health risks of extreme heat are just a few of the topics touched upon in this book, compatible with any science and social studies collection.

Earth's Highest Places
Earth's Highest Places

Author: Mary Griffin

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1482418983

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For those who have ever wondered what it's like to stand on top of Mount Everest, this attention-grabbing book is the closest way to visit the world's highest places without getting vertigo. But readers will be surprised to learn that the label "highest place on Earth" is a controversial one. They'll find out about the contenders for the prize, including Mount Everest, Hawaii's Mauna Kea, and Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo. They'll also travel to some jaw-dropping tall buildings around the world. Beautiful, vivid photographs give readers a true sense of what it would be like to visit these unique sites.

Extreme Places
Extreme Places

Author: Alison Hawes

Publisher: Crabtree Connections

Published: 2010-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780778799405

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Describes inhabited locations on Earth with some of the most extreme climates and weather patterns, including the coldest place on Earth and the most polluted city.