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Publisher
Topics Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Pack your bags for 48 vacations you'll never forget! Travel gurus Julie Conover and Mark Jennings of the Award-winning PBS series of Passport to adventure, take you on more than 150 adventures, and introduce you to the people, pastimes, food, history, hidden gems and extreme traditions ofmore than 25 countries and territories around the globe. From treacherous alpine terrain and mysterious island secrets to chic getaways and quaint countryside, you'll...
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2011], c2010
Language
English
Description
Landforms #1: Take a ride in a "traveling machine" to learn about the form and function of landforms. Highlights oceans, rivers, streams, mountains, hills, plains, valleys, plateaus, deserts, islands, and more.
Rocks: the solid Earth materials #1: Discover the three ways rocks are formed and many of the properties of rocks and minerals -- like size, shape, color, and texture.
A closer look at Earth: From above and below the surface, students take...
Author
Language
English
Description
When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to...