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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As one of the many installments in Jules Verne's Voyage Extraordinaire series, Journey to the Center of the Earth promises high stakes and thrilling adventure. When Professor Otto Lidenbrock bought an ancient runic manuscript, which chronicles the lives of Norwegian Kings, he did not expect to learn of anything but the history of Icelandic leaders. However, upon further inspection, Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, find that the manuscript includes...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Naked Earth offers an illuminating and thoroughly riveting account of the pioneering geophysicists of today. Around the globe, from the California desert to the Siberian tundra, the enthralling picture of inner earth emerges through their breakthrough investigations and heated debates. We learn of outdated theories that have been disproven by bold new scientific concepts, dazzling detective work, and immensely powerful technology, which have radically...
Author
Publisher
Words & Pictures, part of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This book, constructed on one continuous folded page, explores the layers of the Earth from human-made structures like sewers, subways and archeological finds, down through various formations of rock, to the Earth's core and back up again.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The adventure begins when a strange Icelander parchment is uncovered in an old bookstore and reaches a fevered pitch that never lets up as Professor Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their guide, Hans, journey to the center of the earth. From the moment they reach the extinct volcano of the Mountain of Sneffels and make their treacherous descent, their chances of reaching the surface alive again become very slim, as they encounter boiling seas, serpent-like...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Course covers the making of our planet from the Big Bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth. Travel to the center of our planet and out again, charting the geologic forces that churn beneath our feet to push the continents and seafloor.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Raintree
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Books in the Fantasy Field Trips series take the reader on field trips to the most unlikely of destinations! In this book, climb into our amazing drilling machine as we prepare to make a journey to the center of the Earth! Our 'tour' takes us through the various layers that make up our planet: the crust, upper and lower mantle, outer core, and finally the inner core itself. But what will we find when we get there?
17) Inside the Earth
Author
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms Frizzle's class learn at first hand about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the earth.