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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the 1990s and early 2000s, the U.S. economy was enjoying a long spell of economic growth that struck economists as just right. But that was before the "three bads" surfaced: bad monetary policy, bad private-sector behavior, and bad financial regulations. See how self-interest and overconfidence blinded investors, borrowers, and regulators to the financial crisis that exploded in 2007 - 2008.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This informational text is packed with facts and sidebars about historical and modern-day disasters such as the Space Shuttle Challenger, the Great Smog of London, the Pacific Garbage Patch, the Library of Alexandria, Chernobyl, and more. Featuring TIME© content and images, the high-interest content will engage students in reading as they build their comprehension, vocabulary, and reading skills. Text features, a Reader's Guide, and the extended...
4) Bewitching
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Series
Kendra chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of Kendra, a witch, and the first three-hundred years of her life, including takes on a classic fairy tale, the 1666 plague in Britain, the Titanic disaster, and the story of a modern-day, plain stepsister.
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Readers explore the ways that out-of-control water can devastate an area. They will read explanations of how tsunamis form and the range of things that can cause flooding, including heavy rains, hurricanes, and dam collapses. They will learn about past disasters, such as the Johnstown Flood and the tsunamis that hit the Indian Ocean and Japan in 2004 and 2011, respectively. They will also glean reassuring tips on how to react if ever caught in a flood...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
When the moon's gravitational pull increases, causing massive natural disasters on earth, Miranda and her family struggle to survive in a world without cities or sunlight, and wonder if anyone else in still alive.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Conditions on Earth are becoming more and more extreme and kids want to learn about it!
Is it true that smoke from wildfires can travel thousands of miles? Yes! If a wildfire is large enough, wind can blow smoke from the West Coast to the East Coast of the United States! INSIDE, YOU´LL FIND: •How wildfires start, how they spread, and how researchers are studying wildfires in order to keep people safe; •A hands-on activity, a timeline, photos,...
10) Earthquakes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind earthquakes, including where and why earthquakes happen and how to stay safe when the ground starts to shake. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
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Series
Flashback Four volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent back in time to 79 AD, on a mission to photograph the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Flashback Four race to get their picture.
12) Tornadoes
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book explains what Tornado Alley is, and introduces the Enhanced Fujita scale, which is used to measure the destructiveness of these storms.
13) Invasive species
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Invasive Species shines a light on the global problem of invasive species. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind how species become invasive and the damages they cause ecosystems around the world, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the...
15) The disasters
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nax and a handful of other space Academy washouts are the only surviving pilots after the school is hijacked by terrorists, but in order to spread the truth about the attack, Nax and his fellow failures must execute a dangerous heist.--
16) Three miles down
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove, the modern master of alternate history, a novel of alien contact set in the tumultuous year of the Watergate scandal.
It's 1974, and Jerry Stieglitz is a grad student in marine biology at UCLA with a side gig selling short stories to science fiction magazines, just weeks away from marrying his longtime fiancée. Then his life is upended by grim-faced men from three-letter agencies who want...
Author
Series
My weirdest school volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A.J. and the gang from Ella Mentery School start a company to sell their brand new invention-a heated, scented, talking toilet seat!"--
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on a mission to prove to Merlin that they can use magic wisely, Jack and Annie travel to seventeenth-century Venice, Italy, to save the city from disaster. Merlin has asked Jack and Annie to help on another Merlin Mission. This time they head back into history to Venice, Italy, in the 1700s. With the help of some new friends, a research book, and a mysterious rhyme from Merlin, the heroes will save the beautiful city from a flood! Yet another...
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Balance keepers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Albert Flynn and his teammates must restore balance to a hidden underground realm before the Imbalance causes the western coast of the United States to be consumed by earthquakes, hurricanes, and other disasters"--
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