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NEW: Explore the Universe @ Your Library

author Posted by: jrose on date Mar 11th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

Come “Explore the Universe @ your library” for a chance to win great prizes from IMAX.  All you have to do is answer six questions about the Hubble Space Telescope for your chance to win.  The Grand Prize winner will receive 25 IMAX tickets, a telescope and a signed Hubble 3D poster.

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Explore Science @ your library

author Posted by: jrose on date Mar 4th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

Check out our science book display:

ISBN: 141690929XISBN: 1580891330ISBN: 0525471960ISBN: 0753460858ISBN: 0374336083

Cool Web Sites:

Secret Worlds: The Universe Within

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.

Scientific American

Feature articles, online exhibits, bookmarks, interviews, special topic explorations, and ask the expert are features on this companion site to Scientific American magazine. Many of the magazines articles from past issues are archived here.

Bubbles

Amaze your friends! Most bubbles pop instantly when you puncture them, but not super bubbles. With a funnel, string and super bubble solution, you can create a bubble that can be pierced with a pencil.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners

author Posted by: jrose on date Feb 1st, 2010 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

 ISBN: 080507581XISBN: 073410068ISBN: 0689859570ISBN: 0471402761ISBN: 0375508589ISBN: 0439916240

Casey, Susan. The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks. 2006. Henry Holt/Owl Books.
While studying migratory birds on the remote Farallones Islands, 30 miles off the coast of San Francisco, biologists noticed red blotches in the surrounding waters. These sightings evolve into a full blown scientific study of great white sharks revealing unknown secrets of this prehistoric beast.

Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America. 2005. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum.
This nonfiction work looks at Title IX, the 1972 legislation mandating that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender, ensuring equal treatment and opportunity for girls in sports and education. Included are period photos, a time line, “then and now” commentary, extensive source notes, and suggested resources for further reading.

View the complete 2009 list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound.

Romantic Reads for Valentine’s Day…

author Posted by: jrose on date Jan 12th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

ISBN: 0060569190ISBN: 0439228913ISBN: 0613281292ISBN: 076420310XISBN: 0156035219ISBN: 0547259409

 

Check out the history of Valentine’s Day.

Happy New Year!

author Posted by: jrose on date Jan 1st, 2010 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

Here are some books to help with those New Year’s Resoulutions!

ISBN: 0743264118ISBN: 0791078531ISBN: 0791078507ISBN: 1558538445ISBN: 0822567881ISBN: 1575421771ISBN: 1575421739ISBN: 1400064120ISBN: 0060175605ISBN: 081297445X

Merry Christmas!

author Posted by: jrose on date Dec 1st, 2009 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

‘Tis the Season

Curl up with a great Christmas novel…

New This Season:

ISBN: 0307446530ISBN: 0312334508ISBN: 0439863686ISBN: 0553571060ISBN: 1439173060ISBN: 0778325911ISBN: 0440238690

Movie Tie In:

Disney’s A Christmas Carol official web site

ISBN: 1440423911

 Previous favorites: 

ISBN: 0312322933  ISBN: 159038699X  ISBN: 0800718798  ISBN: 031286387X  ISBN: 0329417975  ISBN: 0060754346

Create some beautiful decorations or tasty treats…

ISBN: 0696213753   ISBN: 0865738998   ISBN: 0865739390   ISBN: 0696207826

Or maybe you’d rather track Santa Claus on his midnight run?

Norad Tracks Santa

What I Am Reading Now

author Posted by: jrose on date Nov 24th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

Pretty Little Liars

author Posted by: jrose on date Nov 23rd, 2009 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

NEW!!!

ISBN: 0061566136

ISBN: 0060887311ISBN: 0060887346ISBN: 0060887389ISBN: 0060887419ISBN: 0061566071

Pretty Little Liars

Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret….

Reserve Killer: A Pretty Little Liars Novel Today

Arctic Adventures

author Posted by: jrose on date Nov 18th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

New Haunting Tales

author Posted by: jrose on date Oct 15th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

ISBN: 0439871778  ISBN: 0805081712  ISBN: 0545037396  ISBN: 1582347212  ISBN: 0439922550  ISBN: 0763636711

Get scared @ your library!