Books in Amazing Science: Weather series

We use all kinds of machines and instruments to see, hear, record, measure, and detect changes in the world around us. Explore the variety of tools scientists have created to help in these investigations.

Discusses how people cope with, use, and control wind, exploring its effects on clothing, housing, and natural disasters.

Describes a variety of animals that lived long ago and their evolution into today's species

"What makes your ears pop in an elevator? What makes hot air balloons float up in the sky? Find out about all the things amazing air can do in this fun book." -- p. 4 of cover.

Introduces the ways that energy powers the invisible forces that cause objects to move, and discusses friction, gravity, and magnetism.

Introduces the three states of matter and discusses how material objects can change and how such natural materials as wood can become such manufactured articles as paper.

Presents "astonishing" features of our planet such as geysers, caves, salt lakes, peat bogs, carnivorous plants, creeping swamps, and autumn colors.

Introduces the structure and life cycle of plants and discusses their use as food and for other purposes, and carnivorous and aquatic plants.

Describes how thunderstorms, hailstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards form, and discusses how they affect the environment and people.

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Discusses snow, how it is formed and used, and how people dress, live, travel, and play in it.

Explains the principles of air movement, air pressure, and seasonal winds and describes the effects of the wind on landforms, farming, and climate.