Rusch, Elizabeth Eruption: Volcanoes and the Science of
Saving Lives, photographs by Tom Uhlman.
72 p. Houghton Mifflin, 2013.
$19. Content: G.
In 1985, Nevado del Ruiz, a volcano in Columbia, erupted
after more than a century of dormancy, killing 23,000 people. Five years earlier, Mount St. Helens erupted
in Washington. Scientists headed to
Mount Pinatubo in the Phillippines; monitoring the volcano closely, they saved
millions of lives as they warned the country of an eminent eruption in
1991. Read the story of the people of
the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program as they travel the world, monitoring
volcanoes and saving millions of lives.
Volcanoes are gigantic, dangerous and unpredictable. These men and women have made the science of
volcanoes their lives.
I don’t think there is a series on the planet that is more
in tune with the Common Core and excellent, modern science. You cannot go wrong buying this entire
series.
EL, MS – ESSENTIAL. Cindy, Library Teacher.
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