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How the world works

Our Changing Earth

Central Idea:

There are powerful forces that constantly change the earth’s physical features and the life it supports.

An Inquiry Into:

  • What makes up the earth
  • What forces change the earth and how
  • How these changes affect living things

RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THIS UNIT:

Non-Fiction Books:

Call Number Author Title
363.3 FRA Fradin, Dennis B. Floods
363.3 LAM Lampton, Christopher Tidal Wave
363.34 SOR Sorenson, Margo Tsunami! : Death Wave
550 GIB Gibbons, Gail Planet Earth / Inside Out
550 MCC McConnell, Anita The World Beneath Us
551 COL Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus : Inside the Earth
551.1 GAL Gallant, Roy A. Dance of the Continents
551.1 SAT Sattler, Helen Roney Our Patchwork Planet : the Story of Plate Tectonics
551.1 SIL Silverstein, Alvin Plate Tectonics
551.2 ARN Arnold, Eric Volcanoes! : Mountains of Fire
551.2 AYL Aylesworth, Thomas G. Geological Disasters : Earthquakes and Volcanoes
551.2 BEN Bender, Lionel Volcano
551.2 BOE Boekhoff, P. M. Geysers
551.2 BRI Brimner, Larry Dane Geysers
551.2 CHR Christian, Spencer Shake, Rattle, and Roll : the World's Most Amazing Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Other Forces
551.2 FOD Fodor, R. V. Earth Afire! : Volcanoes and Their Activity
551.2 GIV Givon, Hannah Gelman We Shake in a Quake
551.2 GOL Golden, Frederic The Trembling Earth : Probing & Predicting Quakes
551.2 LAM Lambert, David Volcanoes
551.2 LAU Lauber, Patricia Volcano : the Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens
551.2 ROS Van Rose, Susanna Volcano & Earthquake
551.2 SIM Simon, Seymour Volcanoes
551.2 SIM Simon, Seymour Earthquakes
551.2 SIM Simon, Seymour Danger from Below : Earthquakes, Past, Present, and Future
551.22 MOR Morris, Neil Earthquakes
551.3 GEO Georges, D. V. Glaciers
551.31 SIM Simon, Seymour Icebergs and Glaciers
551.34 KAL Kallen, Stuart A. Icebergs
551.46 WAD Wade, Mary Dodson Tsunami : Monster Waves
551.47 SOU Souza, D. M. Powerful Waves
551.5 HOP Hopping, Lorraine Jean Wild Weather
551.55 CHA Challoner, Jack Hurricane & Tornado
551.55 COL Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane
551.55 FRA Fradin, Dennis B. Hurricanes
551.55 KAH Kahl, Jonathan D. Storm Warning : Tornadoes and Hurricanes
551.55 OSB Osborne, Will Twisters and Other Terrible Storms : A Nonfiction Companion to Twister on Tuesday
551.55 SOU Souza, D. M. Hurricanes
910.3 DEM Dempsey, Michael W. The Children's First Geography Encyclopedia

Fiction Books:

Call Number Author Title
F KUD Kudlinski, Kathleen V. Earthquake! : a Story of Old San Francisco

AV Materials:

Call Number Title
VID 550 ALL All About Land Formations
VID 550 BLU Blue Planet
VID 550 DYN Dynamic Earth
VID 550 LAN Land Formations
VID 551 HUR Hurricanes and Tornadoes Shots
VID 551.2 ALL All About Volcanoes
VID 551.2 BOR Born of Fire
VID 551.2 MAC Volcano
VID 551.2 MAG The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top
VID 551.2 SAN San Francisco's Earthquake
VID 551.2 VOL Volcanoes
VID 551.21 STO The Story of America's Great Volcanoes
VID 551.22 ALL All About Earthquakes
VID 551.22 EAR Earthquakes
VID 551.5 NAT Natural Disasters

Websites:

Earth Layers

Plate Tectonics

Geologic Events

Weather

Templates:

Geology Report

 

Earth Science from Moorland School

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