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At the Sea Floor Café: Odd Ocean Critter Poems

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At the Sea Floor Café: Odd Ocean Critter Poems
by Leslie Bulion (Author) and Leslie Evans (Illustrator)

Booktalk: The poems in this collection describe the devious and sometimes surprising methods ocean denizens use to forage for food, capture prey, trick predators, and protect their young.

Includes science notes with details about each animal’s behavior, a glossary, and an appendix explaining the types of poem that appear on each spread.

Snippet:
Dive In!
Let’s visit a habitat shallow and deep,
and boiling hot, where acids seep,
and frigid and pressured and
mountainy-steep.
Come explore the sea!

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Super Gear: Nanotechnology and Sports Team Up

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Super Gear: Nanotechnology and Sports Team Up
by Jennifer Swanson (Author)

Booktalk: Take a close-up look at sports and nanotechnology, the cutting-edge science that manipulates objects at the atomic level. Nanotechnology is used to create high-tech swimsuits, tennis rackets, golf clubs, running shoes, and more. It is changing the face of sports as we know it.

Snippet: What do Michael Phelps, Serena Williams, Michelle Wie, and Usain Bolt have in common? All of their equipment was made with nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology is the science of things at the nanoscale. It deals with microscopic particles called nanoparticles. Most people measure things in terms of meters or feet. Nanotechnology engineers measure objects in nanometers. Nano- means “one-billionth,” so a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter.

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Meet Jennifer Swanson (and me!) at the Cool Science panel at the ALA Annual Book Buzz stage 10:30 – 11:15 on Saturday, June 25. We’ll talk about bringing contemporary subjects and science in action to classrooms and libraries.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

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