Akron Public Library

Explains how to view stars and ways to locate star pictures, known as constellations, throughout the year

Discusses how scientists, studying fossil remains, provide information on how dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.

Describes how Air works and includes instructions on different way you can use air

Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. Mountains are created when the huge plates that make up the earth's outer shell very slowly pull and push against one another. Read and find out about all the different kinds of mountains. The earth's continents rest on plates that move slowly across our planet's...

Provides an introduction to the detective-like work of archaeologists who search for clues in the ground to learn how people lived in the past.

Explains how earthworms eat, move, and reproduce and how they help plants to grow.

Describes how coral reefs form and discusses the plants and animals that live in them.

Learn about the life cycle of a polar bear.

A lively introduction to the rainforest combines illustrations and diagrams with explanations about the abundant plant and animal life that can be found there.

Explains the phases of the moon--the changes that seem to happen to it as it goes around Earth.