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  • Environmental Disasters- Disasters

    Ann Weil

    Paperback (Saddleback Educational Publishing, Aug. 1, 2004)
    As society moves forward technologically and scientifically, pollution wrecks the natural environment. Learn here about the tragic effects of industrial accidents such as the Great Smog of London, Love Canal, and Hanford nuclear plant, the Exxon Valdez, Chernobyl, and Bhopal.Disasters! This series of nonfiction readers will grab a students interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading

  • The World's Worst Hurricanes

    John R. Baker

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2016)
    The winds pick up while heavy waves crash on the beach. A few hours later screaming winds and driving rain tear up the coastline. It's a hurricane! With winds reaching hundreds of miles per hour, these devastating storms can cause immense amounts of damage. Readers can learn all about history's biggest, deadliest hurricanes from around the world.
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  • The World's Worst Avalanches

    Tracy Maureen Nelson Maurer

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2019)
    An earthquake shakes a snow-covered mountain. The fresh snow slides down. It's an avalanche!
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  • Air Disasters- Disasters

    Ann Weil

    Paperback (Saddleback Educational Publishing, Aug. 1, 2004)
    Travel by airplane Is far safer than travel by car. But airplane accidents still occur, and people on board rarely survive. Learn the true stories behind tragedies in Tenerife, the Andes Mountains, Washington, D.C., the Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf, and New York City.Disasters! This series of nonfiction readers will grab a students interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading

  • The World's Worst Volcanic Eruptions

    Tracy Maureen Nelson Maurer

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2019)
    Hot magma rises to the earth's surface. Smoke bursts from the volcano, and lava flows out. It's a volcanic eruption!
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  • Challenger

    Timothy Levi Biel

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Oct. 1, 1990)
    Examines the Challenger disaster from a scientific and historic perspective and discusses its effect on the space shuttle program.
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  • Hurricane Andrew

    Jen Green

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Looks at the course of Hurricane Andrew, which hit the southeastern United States in 1992, and describes the damage caused by the storm.
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  • Anatomy of a Flood

    Terri Lynn Dougherty

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2011)
    Flash floods that strike without warning. Storm surges that rise 16 feet. Tsunamis that barrel toward the coast at 500 miles per hour. Floods are some of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters. Learn about the amazing force of floods, some of the worst floods ever to occur, and what you can do to stay safe.
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  • Sea Disasters Teacher's Resource Guide- Disasters

    Ann Weil

    CD-ROM (Saddleback Educational Publishing, )
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  • Anatomy of an Earthquake

    Renée Camille Rebman

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2010)
    The rumbling ground could only mean one thing: an earthquake. Learn about where and how earthquakes form, how scientists predict them, how structures are built to withstand them, and more.

  • Mountain Disasters Teacher's Resource Guide- Disasters

    Ann Weil

    CD-ROM (Saddleback Educational Publishing, Aug. 1, 2004)
    The 16-page Teacher Resource Guide (TRG) available on CD provide over 100 activities and reproducible worksheets to support the books are extend students' reading skills, simply select and print the activities that you need.Disasters! This series of nonfiction readers will grab a students interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading

  • Deadly Storms Teacher's Resource Guide- Disasters

    Ann Weil

    CD-ROM (Saddleback Educational Publishing, Aug. 1, 2004)
    The 16-page Teacher Resource Guide (TRG) available on CD provide over 100 activities and reproducible worksheets to support the books are extend students' reading skills, simply select and print the activities that you need.Disasters! This series of nonfiction readers will grab a students interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading