
Researching Rocks
Sally M. Walker(Author)
Lerner Publishing Group
Published on 1. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
40 pages
978-1-4677-0793-0 (ISBN)
Description
Rocks can be made of many different minerals. By looking at rocks closely, we can tell where they were formed and what conditions they were created in. How do we know these things? And how do we tell different types of rocks apart? Learn about ways to research rocks and what they can teach us about our world.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Fifth Grade, Reading Age: From 8 to 10 years, Interest Age: From 8 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Glossary; Index; Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4677-0793-0 (9781467707930)
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Researching Rocks
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Lerner Publishing Group
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Researching Rocks
E-Book
01/2013
1st Edition
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Person
Sally M. Walker has been a children's book writer for over 20 years. Most of her books are nonfiction and present various science topics to young readers. Fossil Fish Found Alive is the story of the hunt for the elusive fish called the coelacanth. Sally also enjoys combining science investigation with historical topics. Her book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which won the 2006 Robert F. Sibert Medal, tells about the history, loss, and re-discovery of the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in battle. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland takes readers on archaeological expeditions, where the forensic analysis of colonial settlers' bones helps us to understand their lives. Sally especially enjoys writing narrative nonfiction that captures the reader's attention with a true story. She is also the author of 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut.