Can I read Rachel Carson: Extraordinary Environmentalist : Extraordinary Environmentalist on EtoBox?

Rachel Carson: Extraordinary Environmentalist : Extraordinary Environmentalist by Jill C. Wheeler is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Rachel Carson: Extraordinary Environmentalist : Extraordinary Environmentalist about?

In this title, examine the life of courageous environmentalist and author of Silent Spring, Rachel Carson. Readers will enjoy digging into Carson's personal story, beginning with her childhood writing stories and exploring the Allegheny River near her home in Pennsylvania. Students can trace Carson's success, from her education at PCW and Woods Hole to her roles with the Bureau of Fisheries and the FWS, before her writing career took hold. Engaging text and photos offer insight on topics such as marine biology, pesticide use, and the birth of the EPA. While a timeline, glossary, and index supplement the text, an entertaining science activity allows readers their own hands-on experience based on the science that inspired this woman's groundbreaking career. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author

Jill C. Wheeler

Publisher

Checkerboard Library

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781614800828

Subjects

Memoir, Science, Literary Fiction