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RAIN & SNOWRAIN & SNOWRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • The Water Cycle
  • Weather Terms
  • Life of a Raindrop
  • Clouds
  • The Hush of Snow
  • Lightning: Fire in the Sky
  • Rain: Clearing the Air
Features:
  • DIAGRAMS
  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 840L
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"Water takes many forms. Sometimes, it arrives as a howling hurricane. At other times, it creeps around as fog. Water might pelt us as hail, or it might drift silently as snow. Every living thing on Earth needs water. In your lifetime, you will drink around 16,000 gallons of it. Though water covers two-thirds of Earth, most of it is salty, undrinkable ocean water. Only three percent is fresh, or no. . . "
RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS
WATERWATER
“All animals and plants need water to survive. The human body is more than three-fourths water. Life-forms use water to transport nutrients around the body and to carry off waste. Water also helps break down food and keep organisms cool, among other vital jobs.”
WEATHERWEATHER
"You may have heard the expression, 'Everyone talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it.' Well, we do talk about weather all the time, because this powerful force of nature affects everything we do. As sophisticated as the modern world is, we are still pretty much at the mercy of the weather. We cancel picnics when it rains and sometimes get a day off from school when it snows. . . "
HURRICANESHURRICANES
"Dark clouds fill the sky. It's the middle of the day, but it looks like night. The wind howls. Rain pelts the ground so hard that holes form in the mud. Tree branches bend and crack. Whole trees are uprooted and crash down. Store windows break. The roofs of buildings sail through the air. Electric wires send out sparks and dangle dangerously from broken utility poles. Signs fly across highways. . . . "
EXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER
"Earth is warming up. The first six months of 2006 were the warmest in the United States since record-keeping began in 1895. In fact, the five hottest years of the last century have all occurred since 1998. Why does that matter? It means the planet's climate is changing."
VALUE-PACKED SETS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Precipitation (Bridgestone Books. Weather Update). By Terri Sievert, Capstone Press, 2005.
  • Rain, Snow, and Ice: Weather Report (Weather Report). By Ted O'Hare, Rourke Publishing, 2002
  • Weather & Climate (Earth's Changing Landscape). By John Corn, Smart Apple Media, 2004.
  • The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting: Build a Weather Station, "Read" the Sky and Make Predictions! (Williamson Kids Can Books). By Mark Breen, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2001.
  • Weather (World of Knowledge (Chrysalis)). By Julie Brown, Chrysalis Education, 2003.
ADULT BOOKS
  • The Weather Detectives: Fun-Filled Facts, Experiments, and Activities for Kids. By Mark E. Eubank, Gibbs Smith Publishers, 2004.
  • DK Guide to Weather. By Michael Allaby, DK Publishing Inc, 2000.
  • Weather: Nature Company Guides (Nature Company Guides). By William James Burroughs, Time-Life Books, 2000.
WEBSITES
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: www.noaa.gov
  • The Space Weather Center: www.spaceweathercenter.org/SWOP/1.html
  • FEMA: All about Hurricanes: http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm