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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces temperature to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.

"A character-driven literary novel set in Alaska involving marine scientists (and a conceptual performance artist) confronting and in conflict over ocean warming and acidification. The connections among science, art, and culturally-defined beliefs are major themes"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduces temperature and provides instructions for an activity to demonstrate some of its characteristics.

New Yorker writer Kolbert tackles the controversial subject of global warming. Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous course, now is the moment to salvage our future. By the end of the century, the world will likely be hotter than it's been in the last two million...

"A book for young readers about the concept of temperature and its many meanings."-

A simple discussion of new evidence that dinosaurs were warm-blooded animals and not reptiles as previously believed.

Simple step-by-step text and photographs for six temperature experiments. Includes a materials list.

"Of the three fundamental methods of measurement -- time, length, and temperature -- Gino Segre is convinced that temperature is not only the most subtle but also the most revealing. In this engaging, insightful book, Segre, a distinguished theoretical physicist, makes his lifelong fascination with temperature the organizing theme of a wide-ranging journey through science, history, and culture" --Jacket.