Terri Cook
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During the nineteenth century, Brooklyn earned the nickname "Borough of Churches" as thousands settled here and brought their beliefs with them. Spirituality has always been a major part of life for Brooklynites. Peter Stuyvesant established the Flatbush Dutch Church in 1654, and freed slaves worshipped in their sanctuaries since 1766. Fatih Mosque calls Moslems to prayer five times a day, Dorje Ling Buddhist temple fills visitors with peace, and...
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The transition from the relatively flat Great Plains to the craggy peaks of Colorado's Front Range is one of North America's most abrupt topographical contrasts. The epic, 1,800-million-year geologic story behind this amazing landscape is even more awe inspiring. In Geology Underfoot along Colorado's Front Range, the most recent addition to the Geology Underfoot series, authors (and geoscientists) Lon Abbott and Terri Cook narrate the Front Range's...
3) Colorado
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From hiking through red rock canyons and aspen forests to hitting the slopes, find your adventure with Moon Colorado. Inside you'll find: Strategic itineraries including a two-week road trip and quick getaways, with suggestions for outdoor adventurers, winter sports enthusiasts, history buffs, road-trippers, foodies, and more; The top activities and unique experiences: Explore ancient pueblos or Wild West ghost towns, soak in a steaming hot spring,...
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2020.
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"From its aspen-studded mesas to the towering Rockies, Colorado's diverse landscape inspires adventure. This book gives you the strategies you need to know to plan the perfect trip for you: Road-trip itineraries based on the amount of time you have ; Recreation ideas like skiing deep powder, rafting river canyons, and climbing fourteeners ; Tips for seeing wild horses, bugling elk, and bighorn sheep ; Highlights of Colorado's deep history, from ancient...
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[2016]
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Explains the water cycle, where water comes from, and why the supply of drinking water is declining around the Earth. Emphasizes the importance to readers to conserve water daily and not waste it by allowing water to gush needlessly from the tap or water fountain. Includes two activities related to water conservation and sustainability.
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[2016]
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Discusses basic color concepts, including the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, and helps students discover what happens when colors are blended together. Explains the relationship between light and color. Includes a project that demonstrates the prism effect when water and sunlight combine. Also includes a project that demonstrates how primary, secondary, and tertiary colors are created and how salt lowers the freezing temperature...
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[2016]
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Explains how important plants and forests are as living things, and how vital it is to preserve plants and forests for future generations. Emphasizes reduction of waste, reusing items, and the importance of recycling. Includes projects on how to create a robot from recycled materials and how to create a terrarium.
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[2016]
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Explains why some items float while others sink. Includes projects that demonstrate that carbonated drinks can have different densities. Also includes projects on how to learn about density using Skittlesʼ candies and how to learn about primary and secondary colors.
12) The mysterious creature of Duck Pond: a story about dinosaurs, extinction, and wildlife conservation
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[2016]
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Explains some of the theories about how dinosaurs became extinct and how other animals are endangered. Emphasizes the importance of changing our habits and preserving animal species and their habitats. Includes projects that demonstrate how to create a model of a fossil, how to make a model of a dinosaur egg, and demonstrate a chemical reaction.
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[2016]
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Explains how caves were formed, their physical characteristics, and the amazing formations that are created within them by water and minerals including stalagmites and stalactites. Discusses the animals that call caves home and how living in a cave affects them. Includes projects that demonstrate how crystals form, echolocation, and to learn about bats.
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[2016]
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Explains how the wind impacts our whole ecosystem, including the amount of precipitation and range of temperatures that we receive and how it affects human, plant, and animal life. Includes projects that demonstrate that airflow follows a contour pattern and how to observe the process of wind pollination (anemophily).
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[2016]
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Explains the concept of magnets and how magnets are made up of tiny particles, including electrons that have an electrical charge. Explains how magnets are attracted to things that have iron or other magnetic metals in them. Includes projects that demonstrate magnetism and color mixing and test the magnetic field of various objects.
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[2016]
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Explains the possible skills needed to become a forensic scientist when the class hamster appears to be missing. Emphasizes the importance of observation, examining the evidence, using one's senses, and analyzing information. Includes projects that demonstrate how to use chromatography and to discover that permanent markers are hydrophobic and water based markers are hydrophilic and how to identify a mystery powder.
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[2016]
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Explains facts about the eight planets and the relationship between the individual planets and their place in the solar system. Includes projects that demonstrate how a volcano erupts and to learn about Jupiter's moon, Io and each planet's distance from the Sun.
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[2016]
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Explains the various forms that water takes during the water cycle, including water vapor, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Includes projects on how to construct a model of the water cycle and demonstrates how the Sun affects the evaporation rate of water.
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[2016]
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Explains how important blood is to the makeup of the circulatory system of the body. Discusses the ingredients of blood including the blood recipe that contains plasma, white blood cells and platelets, and red blood cells. Includes projects that demonstrate how the heart pumps blood into the blood vessels and how to observe blood flow in a healthy and unhealty heart by constructing a model blood flow unit.