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The Magic School Bus is a series of children's books about science, written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen.Designed for ages 6-9, they feature the antics of Ms. Valerie Felicity Frizzle and her class, who board a sentient anthropomorphic mini school bus which takes them on field trips to impossible locations, including the solar system, clouds, the past, and the human body.
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass , which is mainly used for heating , and 3.4% from hydroelectricity .
The Solar Generation: Childhood and Adolescence of Terrestrial Photovoltaics is a 2018 book by Philip R Wolfe published by John Wiley & Sons [1] and the IEEE.It describes the early years of the solar power sector, covering in particular the years between 1973 and 1999.
Joanna Gaines is opening up about the inspiration behind her brand-new children's book — and what she hopes her audiences will learn and take with them after reading it.. Speaking with PEOPLE ...
"Sunjammer" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, originally published in the March 1964 issue of Boys' Life. [1] The story has also been published under the title "The Wind from the Sun" in Clarke's 1972 collection of short stories with this title.
Solar energy is the radiant energy from the Sun's light and heat, which can be harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating) and solar architecture.
Books about or featuring the environment as a prominent theme have proliferated especially since the middle of the twentieth century. The rise of environmental science , which has encouraged interdisciplinary approaches to studying the environment, and the environmental movement , which has increased public and political awareness of humanity's ...
Eyewitness Books (called Eyewitness Guides in the UK) is a series of educational nonfiction books.They were first published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley in 1988. . The series now has over 160 titles on a variety of subjects, such as dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, flags, chemistry, music, the solar system, film, and William Shakespe