Extra Credit Book Report

Use resources in library to answer these 2 questions.

1. Does this book fit into the curriculum topic? If so, how? If not, what would you change (add or subtract) about it to make it more relevant?

2. How does this book expand upon the topic (what does it cover that wasn't covered in class) or how does this book detract (or distract) from the topic?

Report must be one page long double spaced.

Here is the list of books available in the library.

Lambkin Library Atmosphere and Weather Sources in Print

Non-Fiction:

A Field Guide to the Invisible

Perils of a Restless Planet: Scientific Perspectives on Natural Disasters

Oceans, Poles and Airmen: The First Flights Over Wide Waters and Desolate Ice

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Nr. Everest Disaster

To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight

Floods, Famine and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations

Water: Almost enough for Everyone

The Miracle Planet (e.g. Chapter 4: Patterns in the Air)

Atlas of the Evolving Earth (e.g. Vol. 1: The Evolving Atmosphere and Chemical Cycles)

Weather (published by The Nature Company Guides)

Encyclopedia of Weather

Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather

The Handy Weather Answer Book

The Facts on File Dictionary of Weather and Climate

An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere

How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth’s Climate Rainbows, Mirages, and Sundogs: The Sky as a Source of Wonder

The Weather Sourcebook: Your One-Stop Resource for Everything You Need to Feed Your Weather Habit

The Undaunted Garden: Planting for Weather-Resilient Beauty

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming

A Short History of Planet Earth: Mountains, Mammals, Fire, and Ice

Ice: Stories of Survival from Polar Exploration

El Nino: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master Weather-Maker

Isaac’s Storm: A Man, A time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850

The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth

How Should the World Respond to Natural Disasters?

Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints

Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plains

The Coming Global Superstorm

The Dust Bowl: Great Disasters Reforms and Ramifications

Extreme Weather: A Guide & Record Book

Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones

Fiction:

Servants of the Map (short stories by Andrea Barrett linked by the theme of scientific theory and discovery)

The Air We Breathe (a novel by Andrea Barrett about a place where tuberculosis victims convalesce with the hope that the air there will heal their infected lungs)

Solar Storms (a novel by Linda Hogan about Native Americans who advocate for the preservation of traditional values with respect to the earth, water, plants, and nature in the face of destruction brought about by the clash of cultures) The Final Warning (a novel by James Patterson about teenagers who are asked to help environmental scientists study global warming)

Rainwater (a novel by Sandra Brown about people in a community affected by the ravages of the Dust Bowl)

Atlantis Found (a novel by Clive Cussler about the discovery of civilizations destroyed by cataclysmic, climate-changing events on earth)

Galactic North (short stories by Alastair Reynolds set in a fictional, hostile universe)