Rebecca Stefoff

Describes the history of bridges, examines how engineers plan a bridge, details the construction of different types of bridges, and presents noteworthy examples.

Tyrannosaurus rex wrestling in the next. Octopuses squirting water from bottles at one another. These are just two examples of the ways that many scientists think animals play. But which animals play, and which don't? More importantly, perhaps, why do animals play? Rebecca Stefoff talks about the various ways animals play, and what purpose scientists think play might serve in the daily lives of animals.

Animals communicate through a myriad of ways including body language and pheromones. This thoughtful book surrounding ethology and how animals communicate through smell, taste, sight, sound, and feel reveals the secrets and science behind animals. Elephants will show affection with each other by entwining their trunks. Kangaroos and rabbits thump their hind legs to warn others of impending danger. Explanative text by award-winning author Rebecca Stefoff...

Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this naturalist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.

It can be hard to imagine a time when it was generally believed that the shape of our earth was a flat plane or disk. This book exposes the bizarre and sometimes hilarious history of science, explores pseudo-scientific theories from the past, and the scientific progress made since then through use of the scientific method. Through the scientific method, anecdotes, historic facts, and the scientific theories themselves, it tells the story of why

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Forensic Science Investigated takes young readers inside this fast-growing field, showing them how crime scene investigators and forensic specialists gather evidence, solve crimes, and even liberate innocent people who have been mistakenly imprisoned.

An engaging way to introduce young readers to parts of speech, particularly similes and metaphors. Explains the differences, and how best to use and not use said parts of speech. Fulfills Common Core standard for literature.

The debate is still alive: more than 10% of Americans believe the sun revolves around the earth, even as science supports a heliocentric model of our solar system. The history of this debate between supporters of the geocentric versus the heliocentric model is recounted in fascinating and often humorous detail, and also shows the value of the scientific method. Readers learn that Copernicus published his ideas just before his death in order to avoid...

Examines the life of Al Gore and his work to protect the environment and stop glbal warming.

A biography of the man who since 1969 has been chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a group working to establish an Arab state in what was once Palestine and is now mostly in Israel.