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Forensic anthropology is a specialized field that uses the science of physical anthropology and osteology (the study of bones) to assist the law in identifying deceased individuals whose remains are decomposed, burned, or otherwise unrecognizable. Forensic anthropologists are often able to determine the age, sex, stature, and ancestry of the deceased, as well as analyze…
Are you a weather buff? Would you like to learn more about weather reconnaissance and what it takes to be a meteorologist or a hurricane hunter, flying a plane into the eye of a hurricane? Do you want to learn more about careers involved in chasing tornadoes? This graphic nonfiction book contains vignettes of three…
Follow Tubman as she risks everything to escape to freedom, and then returns again and again to lead other Africans out of enslavement.
Everyone has heard about global warming and the hole in the ozone layer. This book brings this very real danger to life for young readers, though, through this compelling graphic format. The dangers of global warming are discussed as well as ways each of us can play a part in keeping Earth healthy and safe…
In this title, students listen in as scientists, governmental agencies, and environmental task forces debate and discuss the future of fossil fuels. Readers will discover that fossil fuel supplies are limited, ways to conserve this important energy source, and what some of the alternative and cleaner sources of energy are.
Students go along on an expedition to Antarctica, and along the way they discover that the polar ice caps are in real danger of melting. So what, a reader may ask. After reading this title, readers will understand exactly what the impact of such an event would be, what is causing it, and how each…
