Agricultural engineering and feeding the future [Engineering in action]by Rooney, Anne 

BTSB Prebound(Crabtree, 2016)

BTSB #: 763067 Available

Dewey: 630/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 7 MG Lexile: 1090

Genres:

Subjects: Agricultural engineering Food supply

Summary: Agricultural engineers are on the front line in the challenge to provide a secure food supply for our world. This timely book explores how engineers design methods, as well as machinery for growing and harvesting crops, to make farming more efficient. Real-life examples help students understand key concepts related to this important profession. With an overview of the engineering design process, readers are encouraged to apply the same steps into their own agricultural engineering challenge.

Dawn of planet Earth [Prehistoric field guides]by Rake, Matthew 

BTSB Prebound(Hungry Tomato, 2016)

BTSB #: 738153 Available

Dewey: 576.8/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.2 MG Lexile: 960 IG F&P: W

Genres:

Subjects: Evolution (Biology) Paleontology Fossils Life (Biology)

Summary: More than three billion years ago, life began on Earth. Join your friendly prehistoric fish-guide on an adventure through the Precambrian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian chapters of the incredible story of evolution.

Energy from living things : biomass energy [Next generation energy]by Stuckey, Rachel 

BTSB Prebound(Crabtree, 2016)

BTSB #: 862214 Available

Dewey: 333.95/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 6.8 MG Lexile: 1030

Genres:

Subjects: Biomass energy Renewable energy sources Agriculture and energy

Summary: Find out more about biomass, how it is sourced and used, and why this form of energy could help us find a more sustainable way to power our lives in the future.

Geoscientist [Cool STEM careers]by Mullins, Matt 

BTSB Prebound(Cherry Lake, 2013)

BTSB #: 663626 Available

Dewey: 550.23/NAges: 9-13   
AR: 6.2 MG Lexile: 910

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Subjects: Earth sciences - Vocational guidance Earth scientists Geology - Vocational guidance Geologists

Summary: Explains what a Geoscientist does and how to become one.

Geothermal power [Language arts explorer. Energy lab]by Brennan, Linda Crotta 

BTSB Prebound(Cherry Lake, 2013)

BTSB #: 148452 Available

Dewey: 621.44/NAges: 9-13   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 760

Genres:

Subjects: Geothermal engineering Geothermal resources

Summary: An introduction to geothermal power, including how it was used in the past, how we use it today, and how we may use it in the future.

How does GPS work? [High-tech science]by Gray, Leon 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2014)

BTSB #: 394345 Available

Dewey: 623.893/NAges: 9-13   


Genres:

Subjects: Global Positioning System GPS receivers

Summary: An introduction to GPS, including its beginning as a military system and modern uses such as catching criminals, predicting earthquakes, creating maps, and more.

How oil is formed [From the Earth, how resources are made]by Rajczak Nelson, Kristen 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2017)

BTSB #: 670501 Available

Dewey: 553.2/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Petroleum - Geology Petroleum Petroleum industry and trade

Summary: An introduction to oil, including the important processes of this fossil fuel, from its origin and formation to its extraction and refining, and more.

Investigating fault lines [Earth science detectives]by Coleman, Miriam 

BTSB Prebound(PowerKids, 2016)

BTSB #: 230223 Available

Dewey: 551.8/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.1 LG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 920

Genres:

Subjects: Faults (Geology) Earthquakes Plate tectonics

Summary: Examines fault lines and explains how scientists use them as clues about what's happening under the Earth's surface.

Mission to Pluto : the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt [Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)]by Carson, Mary Kay 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)

BTSB #: 194953 Available

Dewey: 629.43/NAges: 10-13   
AR: 6.3 MG RC: 7.3 6-8 Lexile: 940

Genres:

Subjects: New Horizons (Spacecraft) Space flight Interplanetary voyages Pluto (Dwarf planet) Kuiper Belt Outer space - Exploration

Summary: Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet.

Next wave : the quest to harness the power of the oceans [Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)]by Rusch, Elizabeth 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)

BTSB #: 771841 Available

Dewey: 621.31/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7 MG RC: 9.6 6-8 Lexile: 1070

Genres:

Subjects: Ocean energy resources Tidal power Renewable energy sources

Summary: The electrifying story of the surfer scientists and engineers who are working to transform ocean waves into electricity that energizes our lives.

Octopus scientists : exploring the mind of a mollusk [Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)]by Montgomery, Sy 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015)

BTSB #: 652334 Available

Dewey: 594/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.8 MG RC: 8.6 3-5 Lexile: 1020

Genres:

Subjects: Octopuses

Summary: Explores the mind of the mollusk to uncover the secrets of its advanced intelligence and learn what these thinking, feeling creatures have to teach us about the oceans, its animals, and ourselves.

Science vs. climate change [Science fights back]by Hunter, Nick 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2013)

BTSB #: 472546 Available

Dewey: 551.6/NAges: 10-13   


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Subjects: Human influence on climate change Global temperature changes

Summary: Discusses climate change and what we can do to prevent it, and explains what science is doing to help keep our planet sustainable for the future.

Science vs. the energy crisis [Science fights back]by Hunter, Nick 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2013)

BTSB #: 472547 Available

Dewey: 333.79/NAges: 10-13   


Genres:

Subjects: Renewable energy sources

Summary: Discusses what science is doing to help keep our planet sustainable for the future--exploring the science behind energy production and what we can do to prevent our natural resources from running out.

Seven wonders of the solar system by Aguilar, David A. 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2017)

BTSB #: 046625 Available

Dewey: 523.2/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.2 MG Lexile: 1070

Genres:

Subjects: Planets Outer planets - Satellites Solar system

Summary: Explores seven extraordinary celestial wonders, from our close neighbor Mars to mysterious Planet 9.