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Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion

by Loree Griffin Burns

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Published
2007
Genre
Nonfiction
Pages
56
Words
8971

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level
8.5
AR interest level
MG — middle grades, 4–8
Lexile
1200L
Suggested reading age
ages 8–13

Aided by an army of beachcombers, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer tracks trash in the name of science. From sneakers to hockey gloves, Curt monitors the watery fate of human-made cargo that has spilled into the ocean.

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ISBN

ISBN-13
9780618581313
ISBN-10
0618581316

Tags

ALSC NotablesEnvironmentalismNatural Environments-Oceans/SeasNonfictionOceanPeople-ScientistsScience-Misc./Other