Mary Kay Carson

"Presents information about Jupiter, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study the planet"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about Saturn, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study the planet"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about the moon, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study it"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about the sun, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study it"--Provided by publisher.

Tracing the evolution of humankind's pursuit of astronomical knowledge, this resource looks deep into the furthest reaches of space. Children will follow along as the realization that the Earth is not at the center of the universe leads all the way up to recent telescopic proof of planets orbiting stars outside the solar system. In addition to its engaging history, this book contains 21 hands-on projects to further explore the subjects discussed....

"Presents information about Uranus, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study the planet"--Provided by publisher.

"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano--named New Horizons--on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet"--

Long before its establishment as a national park in 1872, Yellowstone was home to the gray wolf, as well as other large predators. But the relationship between human and wolf has always been a tense and complicated one. Predator control programs were developed and, by the mid-1900s, wolves had almost been entirely eliminated from the region and even the lower United States. The removal of even one strand of an ecosystem's complex web can have a ripple...

There are few kids who don't enjoy home video games, but do they know who invented the first one? Readers learn about Ralph Baer's life and the first home video games ever made. Readers will invent their own game, too.

In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to save countless lives across America's heartland, chasing one tornado at a time. Robin Tanamachi has been captivated by tornadoes and extreme weather her entire life. When she realized people researched weather for a job, she was hooked. She now studies tornado genesis, or how tornadoes form, and what causes them to get...