Archimedes Notebook

  3 Weeks in the Rainforest: A Rapid Inventory in the Amazon  by Jennifer Swanson  80 pages; ages 8-12 ‎Charlesbridge, 2025 Imagine a place ...

  A Window into the Ocean Twilight Zone: Twenty-Four Days of Science at Sea  by Michelle Cusolito  144 pages; ages 10 & up ‎Charlesbridg...

Today is Summer Solstice – that point in the year where the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun. The result: longest day of the ye...

Last week I shared a book about a long, deep hole in the ground - the Grand Canyon - featuring ancient rocks from millions of years ago. G...

In the United States, 10 million people live in hurricane danger zones. Given the storms of the past few weeks, I figured now would be the p...

Last week I reviewed a couple books for junior space-cadets . Today we're headed to outer space with scientists in the field.   ...

Birds vs. Blades? Offshore wind power and the race to protect seabirds by Rebecca E. Hirsch 48 pages; ages 8-12 Millbrook Press (Lerner...

Crow Smarts: inside the brain of the world's brightest bird ( Scientists in the Field series) by Pamela S. Turner; photos by Andy C...

The Call of the Osprey by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent; photos by William Munoz 80 pages; ages 10 & up Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015 ...

Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People who Track It (Scientists in the Field) by Loree Griffin Burns; photos by Ellen Harasim...

The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Ocean (Scientists in the Field) by Elizabeth Rusch 80 pages; ages 10-14 Houghton M...

Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cats ( Scientists in the Field ) by Sy Montgomery; photos by Nic Bishop 80 pages...

I've got a basket full of  new "Scientists in the Field" books - so this month we're heading out on some armchair field ...