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Smokejumper
Wil Mara
Paperback (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2015)Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a smokejumper. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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Storm Chaser
Susan Heinrichs Gray
Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a storm chaser. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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Sound Engineer
Wil Mara
Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a sound engineer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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Special OPs
Josh Gregory
Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2012)Examines what it takes to be in the special forces of the military, including some areas of expertise needed, divisions and levels that they are divided into, and what training is neccessary.
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Information Systems Technician
Josh Gregory
Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2012)Introduces what an information systems technician does, describes a typical day in the life of one, and discusses the education needed to work in the field.
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Helicopter Crew Chief
Wil Mara
Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2012)Examines what it takes to be a helicopter crew chief, including what the basic requirements are, where the missions may take them, and what the future will bring.
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Avionics Technician
Josh Gregory
Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2012)Learn what it takes to become an avionics technician in the U.S. military.
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Forensic Science Investigator
Tamra Orr
Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2007)The work, educational foundations, and amazing advances of the forensic science field are detailed.
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From African Plant To... Vaccine Preservative
Nel Yomtov
Paperback (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2014)Learn about how nature has inspired technological innovations with this book on the similarities between an African plant and preserving vaccines. Integrating both historical and scientific perspectives, this book explains how a plant inspired the invention of a new way to preserve vaccines. Readers will make connections and examine the relationship between the two concepts. Sidebars, photographs, a glossary, and a concluding chapter on important people in the field add detail and depth to this informational text on biomimicry.
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Information Systems Technician
Josh Gregory
Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2012)Learn what it takes to become an information systems technician in the U.S. military.
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Wildlife Photographer
Barbara A Somervill
Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a wildlife photographer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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Observatory Director
Nel Yomtov
Library Binding (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2015)Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as an observatory director. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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