Uncovering Earth’s Secrets – A book about oceanic research, featuring the research ship JOIDES Resolution, written in rhyme with beautiful illustrations. This nonfiction eBook was written for us by award-winning children’s author Kevin Kurtz (http://kevinkurtz.homestead.com) and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Alice Feagan (http://alicefeagan.com). It is written for children and classrooms in grades 1 to 4. The eBook was created through a National Science Foundation grant and is available for free in both a PDF version and an interactive iPad version. To learn more about deep seafloor research and to find a link to download the free interactive iBook version of this book that can be read on iPads and Macs, visit http://joidesresolution.org/node/2998
About the Author: Kevin Kurtz
Kevin writes nonfiction books for children, he uses his expertise and experience working in a marine biology lab, marine biology research ship, a science museum and many more in his past career.
He inspires students and teach them about reading by providing live visits and virtual interactions.
About the Illustrator: Alice Feagan
A children illustrator based on Colorado she loves the outdoors and enjoys hiking, swimming and fishing. She loves art and drawing for kids and her work was greatly influenced by the Western North Carolina folk art. Tons of her works are featured in books, magazines, advertisements and museum.
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Into the Crater of Doom – Scientific Research - Into the Crater of Doom introduces kids to the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that caused dinosaurs and many other species to go extinct. Readers will also learn about the scientific research expedition to the impact crater that helped us learn more about the mass extinction. The book features a part for younger children ...
Where Wild Microbes Grow - Where Wild Microbes Grow – An educational rhyming picture book about discoveries on the seafloor, based on the expeditions of the vessel JOIDES Resolution. A fun way to interest young children in oceanic research. Written by award-winning children’s author Kevin Kurtz and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Alice Feagan. The eBook was created through a National Science ...
Uncovering Earth’s Secrets - Uncovering Earth’s Secrets – A book about oceanic research, featuring the research ship JOIDES Resolution, written in rhyme with beautiful illustrations. This nonfiction eBook was written for us by award-winning children’s author Kevin Kurtz (http://kevinkurtz.homestead.com) and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Alice Feagan (http://alicefeagan.com). It is written for children and classrooms in grades 1 to 4. ...
iron laksa writes:
Interesting book
saif writes:
this is an interesting book
Jessica writes:
Great story for my science lovers. Ages 6 and 7
Narcissist writes:
A very nice book specially for children interested in science.