"A storm is coming! How do people prepare? What supplies and tools do we need to survive? Find out how people prepare for all kinds of severe weather. From tornadoes to hurricanes and blizzards to floods, we can be ready for anything"--

Briefly explains the origin of this holiday, what it symbolizes, and how and when it is celebrated.

"This first of a four-part MITeen series charts the evolution of life science up to the late 1800s, when the origins of the virus was discovered by a baffled Dutch biologist who found a tiny infectious particle destroying tobacco crops"--

Egyptologist Dr. Joann Fletcher investigates a hitherto unacknowledged side chamber of tomb K-V35. In this tomb, Dr. Fletcher and her associates come across the well-preserved remains of three "forgotten" mummies, surrounded by their worldly possessions. One of the mummified bodies is that of a woman, obviously of great importance to the Egyptian hierarchy. Can this be the body of the legendary Queen Nefertiti? Using state of the art DNA technology...

Kids love activities of all kinds, and activities about light energy are the perfect way to engage them in sometimes hard to understand but crucial curricular concepts, such as light rays, reflection and refraction, and lenses. This captivating volume introduces light topics, clearly explaining the information learners need to know and the facts that will make them say, "Wow!" Then, activities' step-by-step instructions encourage them to review light...

"Can species change? Or go extinct? In the eighteenth century, most people answer no to both questions. But in the century that follows, that certainty gets challenged as some people in Europe question the common belief that all creatures are the same as they've been since life's creation. The Evolution of an Idea, the second volume of Discovering Life's Story, opens with the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, who attempts to create an organizing system...

Examines the history of the United States beginning with the outbreak of the first World War to the end of the nineteen twenties, focusing on America's involvement in the war, as well as the prosperity and cultural change of the decade that followed.