Entering Grade 6
Science
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Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat by Gail Jarrow
In 1902, a strange sickness began to show up in the American South. As the numbers of people with the symptoms of weakness, rash, delirium and death rose to epidemic proportions, scientists raced to find the cause and a cure. (nonfiction) |
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field Series) by Loree Griffin Burns
What happens when shipping containers spill thousands of Nike sneakers or rubber ducks into the ocean? Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer decides to investigate how trash travels and how it damages fragile ocean ecosystems on the way. (nonfiction) |