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A very simple introduction to the location, climate, special geographic features, and incredible animal life unique to the Atlantic Ocean. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled callouts, detailed photographs, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author. The world's oceans cover more than 70 percent of Earth's surface. But how much do children really know about our...
2) Oceanology
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
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English
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"The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine biologist Helen Scales in her vibrant new book The Brilliant Abyss, but the surface and the very edges have so far mattered the most. "However, one way or another, the future ocean is the deep ocean." A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway. Revolutionary studies in the deep are rewriting the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is...
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Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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520L
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English
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When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
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English
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Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle.
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English
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A very simple introduction to the location, climate, special geographic features, and incredible animal life unique to the Pacific Ocean. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled callouts, detailed photographs, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author. But how much do children really know about our planet's main bodies of water? Oceans of the World gives readers the...
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A very simple introduction to the location, climate, special geographic features, and incredible animal life unique to the Indian Ocean. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled callouts, detailed photographs, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author. But how much do children really know about our planet's main bodies of water? Oceans of the World gives readers the...
10) Pacific Ocean
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Where is the deepest point on Earth? How are tsunamis caused? Why do some people live in houses on stilts?
11) Atlantic Ocean
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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What do people drill into the ocean floor for? What's special about the Sargasso Sea? Why do people like to visit the Caribbean Islands?
12) Arctic Ocean
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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What is a glacier? Who has lived along the Arctic coast for 4,000 years? When did explorers first reach the North Pole?
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English
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We are going on an expedition to the ocean's twilight zone in search of a GIANT SQUID! We want to know more about this awe-inspiring animal, but giant squid are hard to find. We need your help making choices on our expedition - be careful, because not ever path leads where you expect! Whatever path you pick, you'll see and learn amazing things.
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"From New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What's down there? Unable to answer this for centuries, people believed the deep was a sinister realm of fiendish creatures and deadly...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
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English
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Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti in the South Pacific, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.
20) The global ocean
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"THE GLOBAL OCEAN presents curious readers with a comprehensive picture of a body of water that is much more than a vast habitat: the well-researched and accessibly written text details the global ocean's influence on the whole of the planet, as well as the often detrimental influence of Earth's human inhabitants have on the global ocean. Yet by including inspiring and up-to-date initiatives - from everyday actions to larger institutional projects...
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