Park Scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America's Own Backyard
A Nature, Nonfiction, Science book. This book in the Scientists in the Field series hones...
America's National Parks are protected places and have become living museums for as many as 270 million visitors per year! In addition, researchers are able to perform long term studies of a wide number of subjects from salamanders the size of thumbnails to gigantic geothermal geysers. These parks are natural laboratories for scientists. Did you know that Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming sits on top of an active (and very large) volcano? This volcano is...
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- Pages: 76 pages
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I read each new entry with such glee. They are getting better and better. This one focuses on the work that scientists are doing in the National Parks and the ways that citizen scientists might contribute. Well-organized, engaging text, fantastic photographs, useful side bars, glossary - the whole neat package. Must add to collections... Motivated by the bitterly cold, winter weather that has settled into my area, I picked this book up to think about fun places to see during summer vacation. This book does an awesome job drawing the reader in to three awesome parks - Yellowstone National Park, Saguaro National Park, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.The book is... This book in the Scientists in the Field series hones in on some of the scientific research that is being done at three national parks: Yellowstone, Saguaro and Great Smoky Mountains. The range and depth of research is impressive and readers will come away with an appreciation of the ecological challenges that threaten these protected...
