Title:
The tornado scientist : seeing inside severe storms / Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman.
ISBN:
9780544965829
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Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
Physical Description:
75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Contents:
A southern twist -- Storm chaser genesis -- Twister science 2.0 -- Scanning the skies -- A tragic year -- Setting a tornado net -- Future forecasts -- Words (and acronyms!) to know.
Summary:
"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."-- Provided by publisher.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.8 2 503935
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Interest age level:
Ages 10-12.
Interest grade level:
Grades 4 to 6.
Audience:
850L Lexile
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OCLC Number:
on1049575468
Availability:
Farmington~1
