Hyde, Natalie

Using primary source material, examines the history of the fight for equal human and legal rights for LGBTQ people.

Presents an introduction to plant fossils, discussing the first plant fossils, fossils in amber and in coal, meat-eating plants, megaflora, and more.

Presents an introduction to human fossils, discussing the human past, the first human fossils discovered in the nineteenth century, human teeth, human skulls, and more.

Explores the tomb of King Tutankhamen.

Examines the exploration of the Arctic, the lives that were lost, and who really reached the North Pole first.

Examines the many attempts by mountaineers to be the first to reach the top of Mount Everest, the lives lost, and the men who finally conquered it in 1953.

Describes the history of Alcatraz, America's prison for the most dangerous criminals.

Explains the scientific principles behind the sport of soccer and how science has been used to increase speed and endurance.

Presents an introduction to animal fossils, discussing the different ways that fossils can form, amber, tar pits, fossil footprints, animal dung, sea life, and more.

Details the Underground Railroad, including evidence that led to the acceptance of slavery as well as the rejection of it.