Books with title Natural Disaster

Which volcanic eruption caused the "year without a summer"? What is a seismograph? How are tornadoes measured? Real World Data presents information about familiar curricular topics through charts and graphs. Each title shows how to organize data in different visual forms, and how to interpret and create tables, line graphs, bar graphs, and pie charts.

Natural Disasters introduces readers to a variety of natural disasters and the impact they have on the world. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.

Beware--storms are brewing, the earth is rumbling, and volcanoes are getting ready to spew forth hot ash and lava. Your task: issue a warning to those who live in the danger zone. But you'll have to get through these mazes in order to accomplish your mission. Do you have the courage to face these natural disasters? * Tornado! Make your way through the cornfield to reach a threatened town and go from door to door until everyone's out safely. * Help--a little puppy's caught in a hurricane. Can you rescue it? * From San Francisco to Alaska, earthquakes shake the ground. Scramble through tunnels to place a sensor probe in a fault; find a clear path to the victims; and get out of town before the roads crumble.* Prevent an avalanche by dynamiting a mountain--but you'll have to climb up there first. * The animals in this flooded farmland have climbed on top of houses and barns to escape. Get in a boat and navigate through a clear waterway, so you can bring all of them to dry land. * Fire has destroyed a wooded area. If you can plant a tree at each flag--without backtracking--you'll reforest it. * Evacuate campers caught in a forest fire and trapped by the foot of an exploding volcano. You'll need all your wits to succeed! 64 pages, 43 b/w illus., 8 1/4 x 11.

Compare and contrast lessons have never been this fun! Each book in the Rank It! series highlights 11 of the topic's most popular subjects. Using fun hi/lo text and infographics, readers quickly and easily compare how the subjects stack up. Perfect for CCSS standards on analyzing key ideas and details. From deadly dinos to heavy hitters, see how the favorites rank.

When the earthquake hits Tucson, the ground only shakes for 30 seconds. For Melanie, a hard-to-know and harder-to-like champion swimmer and Jared, a laid-back buddy-to-all, that half-minute is long enough to break apart their school, their town, and their families. In the aftermath of the disaster, racial tension leads to violence, and the national media are there to broadcast the collapse. Melanie and Jared become unlikely media darlings as they standup against ugly hate and create their own spin.