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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
Surveys the history of the troubled relationship between wolves and humans, examines the view that these predators are a valuable part of the ecosystem, and describes the conservation movement to restore them to the wild.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of large trumpeter swans, how they nearly became extinct, and efforts to reintroduce them to the Northeastern United States and to help them relearn migration routes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Describes the research that Samuel Marshall and his students are doing on tarantulas, including the largest spider on earth, the Goliath birdeating tarantula. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Presents a full-color-illustrated examination of the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda, and describes the effects of human exposure on the gorillas, how emergency medical care is provided to them in the wild, and ways to protect their species from poachers and common human diseases.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1250L
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of the discovery and exploration of hydrothermal vents and undersea volcanoes, and tells how these scientific expeditions help researchers understand marine ecology.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Follow Dr. Alex Fillippenko and his High-Z Supernova Search Team to Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii, where they will study space phenomena and look for supernovae, dying stars that explode with the power of billions of hydrogen bombs. Dr. Fillippenko looks for black holes--areas in space with such a strong gravitational pull that no matter or energy can escape from them--with his robotic telescope. And they study the effects of dark energy, the mysterious...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
This book explains what invasive species are and the damage they cause to local ecosystems and economies and discusses how scientists are working to combat these encroaching organisms.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 1130L
Language
English
Description
Extreme scientists battle some of the Earth's most intense conditions, from hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
A pale, spotted, almost cloud-like coat makes the snow leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain habitat. Author Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop accompany conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they travel to Mongolia's Altai Mountains to gather data about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save this endangered species.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 1150L
Language
English
Description
John Craighead George is an Arctic whale scientist studying bowhead whales in Barrow, Alaska. He conducts his research in harmony with the cultural traditions of the I~nupiaq Eskimos, natives to the area, who have been hunting these whales for more than two thousand years.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
This book chronicles the efforts of Dr. Merlin Tuttle and his colleagues at Bat Conservation International, as they try and save bat species from loss of habitat and white-nose syndrome.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 1120L
Language
English
Description
Bees don't just produce honey. Your food supply depends on them. Apiarist Dave Hackenberg's bees have a busy travel schedule, pollinating around the United States from February to July. So when Dave inspected four hundred of his hives and found that the bees had simply vanished, a dream team of bee scientists got to work.