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2009., Ages 3-6, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: J JOBS 509.2 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Scientists in the fieldSummary Note: Profiles three extreme scientists who risk their lives to conduct research in some of the world's most intense environments, describing the experiences of scientists studying hurricanes, cave microbes, and forest canopies.
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2009., 5-8, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: J ANIM 597.8 91727 9 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Scientist in the fieldSummary Note: Discusses the work of Tyrone Hayes and his efforts to study and protect frogs, and follows Hayes into the field with his students to perform experiments with various types of frogs.
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2005., Ages 3-6, Houghton Mifflin Call No: J OUT 333.95 988416 096751 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Scientists in the fieldSummary Note: Presents a full-color-illustrated examination of the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda, and describes the effects of human exposure on the gorillas, how emergency medical care is provided to them in the wild, and ways to protect their species from poachers and common human diseases.
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[2018], Ages 10-13; Grade 4 to 6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: J ANIM 599.74 3072 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.Summary Note: "Travel to the African bush with Sibert medal winning team Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop in this myth-busting new addition to the Scientists in the Field series as they join the internationally acclaimed woman researcher conducting one of the longest and most important studies of African mammals in the history of science."--
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2017., Ages 9-13; Grades 4 to 6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: J SPAC 551.3 97 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Scientists in the field.Summary Note: "Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."--
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[2017]., Ages 10-12; Grades 4 to 6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: J PLAC 577.5209 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Scientists in the field.Summary Note: "In this addition to the Scientists in the Field series, readers join scientists as they tackle something unusual in the world of ecosystems: colonization. Not a colonization by people, but one of cells, seeds, spores, and other life forms that blow in, fly in, float in, and struggle to survive on the beautiful but harsh new island of Surtsey."--
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-- First visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper Belt.[2016], Ages: 8-14; Grades 4 to 6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: J SPAC 629.43 54922 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Scientists in the field.Summary Note: In July of 2015 a robotic spacecraft reached Pluto after a nine-and-half-year journey. New Horizons is the first spacecraft mission to Pluto and revealed its five moons as never before seen. Images from the mission show a reddish surface covered in ice-water mountains, moving glaciers, and hints of possible ice volcanoes and an underground ocean. Pluto is geologically alive and changing! This addition to the Scientists in the Field series goes where no person or spacecraft has ever gone before. Follow along with the team of scientists as they build New Horizons, fly it across the solar system, and make new discoveries about a world three billion miles away.
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2013., Ages 10-15, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: J ANIM 660.65 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Scientists in the field.Summary Note: "In The Spider Silk Scientists, readers enter Randy Lewis' lab where they come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how this amazing material might someday be used to repair or replace human ligaments and bones, improve body armor, strengthen parachute rope, and even tether an airplane to an aircraft carrier! Readers explore rapid advancements in the application of genetic medicine and their potential to save and improve lives while considering the crucial ethical concerns of genetic research. A timely addition to the acclaimed Scientists in the Field series. "--
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c2009., 5-8, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: J ANIM 599.5 276 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Scientists in the field seriesSummary Note: Photographs and text follow Arctic whale scientist Craig George into the field where he studies the bowhead whale and learns from the Inupiaq--the Inuit people of North Alaska.