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More words of science
By Isaac Asimov. 1972
Mistakes that worked
By Charlotte Foltz Jones. 1991
Many items that we use almost every day had surprisingly haphazard beginnings: Scotchguard was discovered when a scientist spilled part…
of an experiment on her shoe. Potato chips were first made by a chef who was furious when a customer complained that his fried potatoes weren't thin enough. Here are the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro. Grades 4-7. 1991.Maurice Richard (Célébrités canadiennes)
By Michel Forest. 1991
Mars: uncovering the secrets of the red planet
By Paul Raeburn. 1998
A National Geographic chronicle of Mars exploration. Focuses on the Viking missions of the 1970s, whose primary goal was the…
search for life, and on the July 4, 1997 Pathfinder landing on Mars's surface. Explains the design, engineering, and results of the projects. Discusses plans for future missions. Senior High and older readers. 1998.Lionel Conacher (The Canadians)
By Frank Cosentino, Don Morrow. 1981
In the 1920s and 1930s, Lionel Conacher was a popular multi-sport hero. In 1937, he launched his political career, first…
in the Ontario Legislation and later as a Liberal backbencher in Ottawa. Grades 5-8. (The Canadians)Biography of hockey great Mario Lemieux, who was discovered to have Hodgkin's disease, cancer of the lymph nodes. One time,…
after undergoing a radiation treatment, Lemieux caught a plane to his team's game and played hockey that night. Includes a glossary of hockey terms and a chronology of Lemieux's career. Grades 5-8. 1997, c1995.Lou Gehrig (Baseball legends)
By Norman L Macht. 1993
A portrait of baseball's legendary "Iron Horse," who set more than twenty major league records and had a lifetime batting…
average of .340. Describes his athletic youth and his fourteen-year career with the New York Yankees, which ended suddenly in 1939 after he was stricken with an incurable disease. Grades 5-8. 1993.Looking at weather
By David T Suzuki, Barbara Hehner. 1988
What causes the Northern Lights? What makes the wind blow? How are tornadoes started? These and other amazing facts about…
weather are explained, as well as the effect that weather has on our lives. Grades 4-7.Les rounds de ma vie: [témoignage]
By Farid Khider. 2010
Né à Orly, ex-gamin des rues, boxeur à 13 ans, Farid Khider n'a eu de cesse, dès ses premières médailles,…
de transmettre aux plus jeunes cette énergie qu'il porte en lui. Ce livre est l'autoportrait d'un homme tout en contraste, athlète au physique de star, acteur en devenir dans Astérix aux Jeux olympiques, et récemment propulsé fermier vedette dans La ferme des célébrités en Afrique. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier, quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle et quelques descriptions de violence. 2010.Les dinosaures: en os, en large et en travers ((Les Docudéments ; 15. Sciences))
By Jean Le Loeuff, Christel Souillat. 1997
Repérer un terrain fossilifère ? Distinguer du premier coup d'œil un théropode d'un marginocéphale ? Facile... Os, œufs, becs, cornes…
et petits bobos, vous n'ignorerez presque plus rien des mastodontes de l'ère secondaire. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 1997.Darwin et l'évolution expliqués à nos petits-enfants
By Pascal Picq. 2009
L'évolution ne se contente pas de raconter l'histoire de la vie avec ses fossiles emblématiques devenus héros de cinéma comme…
les dinosaures et les mammouths. Ce récit pourtant n'est pas un conte ou un mythe, mais une chronique fascinante construite par la science. De grands scientifiques (Lamarck, Darwin, Gould, etc.) nous aideront à comprendre pourquoi il y a toujours des espèces, qui apparaissent, d'autres qui se diversifient et d'autres encore qui s'éteignent. Et nous nous demanderons aussi pourquoi la théorie de l'évolution se heurte encore à tant de résistances. Sans l'évolution, nous ne serions pas là : mais si nous ne la comprenons pas, c'est la vie des générations futures qui sera mise en danger. Pascal Picq, paléoanthropologue au Collège de France, étudie les origines et l'évolution de l'homme et des grands singes. Fervent défenseur des théories de l'évolution, sa démarche associe volontiers art et science.Gizmos & gadgets: creating science contraptions that work (& knowing why) (Kids Can Bks.kids Can! Series)
By Jill Frankel Hauser. 1999
Kids inventing: a handbook for young inventors
By Susan Casey. 2005
From finding an idea and creating a working model to patenting, manufacturing, and selling your invention, here is expert guidance…
on all the different stages of inventing. You'll see how to keep an inventor's log, present your ideas, and work as part of a team or with a mentor. You'll meet inspiring kids just like you who designed their own award-winning inventions. And you'll see how to prepare for the various invention contests held each year, including international competitions and science fairs. Grades 5-8. 2005.Journey to the planets
By Patricia Lauber. 1982
Is there life on Mars?
By Dennis B Fradin. 1999
Historical survey of theories about life on Mars, from ancient civilizations' perceptions to twentieth-century space exploration. Discusses evidence of canals…
and Percival Lowell's studies of them, discoveries made by the Mariner and Viking missions, and possibilities of future colonization by earthlings. Grades 5-8. 1999.Digging for Troy: from Homer to Hisarlik
By Jill Rubalcaba, Eric H Cline, Sarah S Brannen. 2011
After retelling a legend of the Trojan War based on Homer's Iliad the authors profile the archaeologists who have sought…
to excavate the remains of the city of Troy, beginning with amateur Heinrich Schliemann. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Some descriptions of violence. c2011.Hockey now!
By Mike Leonetti. 1999
Brief biographies of seventy top National Hockey League players including goalies Patrick Roy and Grant Fuhr, forwards Eric Lindros and…
Mark Messier, and wingers Brett Hull and Jaromir Jagr among others. Junior and Senior High. 1999.Despite it's characterization in the rest of the world as a land of bush and blizzards, Canada is a country…
of geographical and climatic variations. It experiences just about every type of extreme weather possible - tornadoes, droughts, dust storms, ice storms, hail storms, hurricanes, floods - in addition to lots of snowstorms. The weather is rarely boring and there are times when it has been so extreme, it has surprised everyone. Grades 4-7. 2005.Hockey for kids: heroes, tips and facts
By Brian McFarlane. 1994
Becoming Kareem: growing up on and off the court
By Raymond Obstfeld, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 2017
Like many kids, Kareem, known then as Lew Alcindor, struggled to fit in, please a strict father, and deal with…
severe shyness. Unlike most, he had to grapple with a growth spurt that shot him up taller than everyone else. Also, the country's social unrest and the civil-rights movement tugged at his conscience. Here he tells of his life and career. Grades 5-8. 2017.