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Author Rusch, Elizabeth.

Title The next wave : the quest to harness the power of the oceans / by Elizabeth Rusch.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Nonfiction  J 621.312 RUS    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Nonfiction  J 621.312 RUS    AVAILABLE
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Description 72 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Series Scientists in the field.
Audience Age 10-14.
Note Age 10-14.
Audience Grade 7 to 8.
Note Grade 7 to 8.
Summary Traces the innovative efforts of the scientific community to transform ocean waves into a renewable source of electrical power.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-78) and index.
Contents The power of waves -- The mikes -- Building buoys -- Steel in the water -- Ducking the waves -- Testing, testing -- Big power from big seas -- Saved by waves? -- Wave words -- A big wave of thanks.
Audience 1070L Lexile
Note 1070L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 7.0 3 169660
Note Accelerated Reader MG 7.0 3 169660
Subject Ocean energy resources -- Juvenile literature.
Tidal power -- Juvenile literature.
Wave power -- Juvenile literature.
Renewable energy sources -- Juvenile literature.
Genre Juvenile works.
ISBN 9780544099999
0544099990
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